Open AccessPaleoecological features and stratigraphic significance of the Genus Conoclypus, Echinoidea
Author(s) -
Jovanka Mitrovic-Petrovic
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
geološki anali balkanskoga poluostrva/geološki anali balkanskog poluostrva
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0747
pISSN - 0350-0608
DOI - 10.2298/gabp0264089m
Subject(s) - subspecies , genus , fauna , paleontology , geology , sedimentary rock , character (mathematics) , period (music) , zoology , biology , ecology , philosophy , geometry , mathematics , aesthetics
Five species and a subspecies of the genus Conoclypus from Eocene formations of Croatia and Herzegovina are presented in this paper. Morphology of the genus is analysed. The given paleoecological conclusions are based on morphological data, character of sedimentary rocks containing Conoclypus, associated fauna and mechanical and biotic damages. Stratigraphic significance of this genus is emphasized, because it appeared, flourished, and disappeared in the Eocene period