Globator parryi Hall, 1857
Plate: GlPa-10
Series: Upper Cretaceous Group: Washita Formation: Boracho
Locale: Kent County: Culberson Stage: Cenomanian
Length: 32.5 mm Width: 29.2 mm Height: 18.6 mm
Specimen in photo: NPL 83004 (Hypotype)
Repository: Non-vertebrate Paleo. Lab., Univ. of Texas
HOLOTYPE INFO:
Holotype: USNM 9857 — National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
Locality: Leon Springs, Pecos County, Texas (Hall, 1857)
SYNONYMY
Class: Echinoidea Leske, 1778
Subclass: Euechinoidea Bronn, 1860
Infraclass: Irregularia Latreille, 1825
Superorder: Echinoneidea Kroh & Smith, 2010
Order: Echinoneoida H. L. Clark, 1925
Family: Conulidae Lambert, 1911
Genus: GLOBATOR L. Agassiz, 1840
Species: Globator parryi Hall, 1857
TYPE SPECIES: Globator nucleus L. Agassiz, 1840
DIAGNOSIS
Test subpentagonal, broader anteriorly than posteriorly; inflated at the sides, flattened above and below. Ambulacra narrow, uniserial. Peristome large, elliptical, oblique. Periproct oval, supramarginal (Clark & Twitchell, 1915).
STRATIGRAPHICAL OCCURRENCE & DISTRIBUTION
Group: Washita ; Fredericksburg (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
Formations: Boracho Formation
Stratigraphic Units: Lower to Upper Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
Counties: Culberson, Pecos (Hall, 1857)
DESCRIPTION
TOP: Length, width, height: 32.5 mm L × 29.2 mm W × 18.6 mm H
Top shape: Subpentagonal; enlarged anteriorly, contracted posteriorly (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
Top domed: Convex, but somewhat flattened at the summit (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
Flatness: Flattened above (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
SIDE: Side shape: Inflated at the sides (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
BOTTOM: Bottom flat: Flattened below; slightly depressed in vicinity of peristome (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
AMB: Amb shape: Narrow, lanceolate (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
Amb width: Less elevated than the interambulacra (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
Amb primary zones: Poriferous zones straight and depressed (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
INTERAMB: Interamb width: Broad (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
PORE PAIRS: Shape: Small, oval (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
Arrangement: Uniserial (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
TUBERCLES: Primary tubercles: Numerous small tubercles; larger and more distinct on lower surface than upper (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
Granules: Fine microscopic granules disseminated between the tubercles (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
APICAL SYSTEM: Size / Location: Small (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
Plates: 4 genital plates; 5 small ocular plates firmly wedged between ovarial plates (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
Genital pores: 4 genital pores (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
Madreporite: Large; right antero-lateral modified to form madreporite (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
PERIPROCT (ANUS): Shape & Size: Oval (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
Location: Supramarginal; placed nearly in the center of the posterior margin (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
PERISTOME (MOUTH): Size: Large (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
Shape: Elliptical (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
Location: Obliquely situated slightly in front of the center of the base (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
SPECIMENS STUDIED & CONDITION: Hypotype NPL 83004 .
ETYMOLOGY: Named in honor of Dr. C. C. Parry (1823–1890), a botanist and geologist with the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey who collected the type specimens (Hall, 1857).
REMARKS & COMPARISONS
Remarks: This species shows considerable variation but is regarded as a single species. It was historically the only representative of the genus from American strata (Clark & Twitchell, 1915).
Comparisons:
Plate: GlPa-10
Series: Upper Cretaceous Group: Washita Formation: Boracho
Locale: Kent County: Culberson Stage: Cenomanian
Length: 32.5 mm Width: 29.2 mm Height: 18.6 mm
Specimen in photo: NPL 83004 (Hypotype)
Repository: Non-vertebrate Paleo. Lab., Univ. of Texas
HOLOTYPE INFO:
Holotype: USNM 9857 — National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
Locality: Leon Springs, Pecos County, Texas (Hall, 1857)
SYNONYMY
- Pyrina parryi Hall, 1857
- Pseudopyrina parryi (Hall, 1857)
Class: Echinoidea Leske, 1778
Subclass: Euechinoidea Bronn, 1860
Infraclass: Irregularia Latreille, 1825
Superorder: Echinoneidea Kroh & Smith, 2010
Order: Echinoneoida H. L. Clark, 1925
Family: Conulidae Lambert, 1911
Genus: GLOBATOR L. Agassiz, 1840
Species: Globator parryi Hall, 1857
TYPE SPECIES: Globator nucleus L. Agassiz, 1840
DIAGNOSIS
Test subpentagonal, broader anteriorly than posteriorly; inflated at the sides, flattened above and below. Ambulacra narrow, uniserial. Peristome large, elliptical, oblique. Periproct oval, supramarginal (Clark & Twitchell, 1915).
STRATIGRAPHICAL OCCURRENCE & DISTRIBUTION
Group: Washita ; Fredericksburg (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
Formations: Boracho Formation
Stratigraphic Units: Lower to Upper Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
Counties: Culberson, Pecos (Hall, 1857)
DESCRIPTION
TOP: Length, width, height: 32.5 mm L × 29.2 mm W × 18.6 mm H
Top shape: Subpentagonal; enlarged anteriorly, contracted posteriorly (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
Top domed: Convex, but somewhat flattened at the summit (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
Flatness: Flattened above (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
SIDE: Side shape: Inflated at the sides (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
BOTTOM: Bottom flat: Flattened below; slightly depressed in vicinity of peristome (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
AMB: Amb shape: Narrow, lanceolate (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
Amb width: Less elevated than the interambulacra (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
Amb primary zones: Poriferous zones straight and depressed (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
INTERAMB: Interamb width: Broad (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
PORE PAIRS: Shape: Small, oval (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
Arrangement: Uniserial (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
TUBERCLES: Primary tubercles: Numerous small tubercles; larger and more distinct on lower surface than upper (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
Granules: Fine microscopic granules disseminated between the tubercles (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
APICAL SYSTEM: Size / Location: Small (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
Plates: 4 genital plates; 5 small ocular plates firmly wedged between ovarial plates (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
Genital pores: 4 genital pores (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
Madreporite: Large; right antero-lateral modified to form madreporite (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
PERIPROCT (ANUS): Shape & Size: Oval (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
Location: Supramarginal; placed nearly in the center of the posterior margin (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
PERISTOME (MOUTH): Size: Large (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
Shape: Elliptical (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
Location: Obliquely situated slightly in front of the center of the base (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
SPECIMENS STUDIED & CONDITION: Hypotype NPL 83004 .
ETYMOLOGY: Named in honor of Dr. C. C. Parry (1823–1890), a botanist and geologist with the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey who collected the type specimens (Hall, 1857).
REMARKS & COMPARISONS
Remarks: This species shows considerable variation but is regarded as a single species. It was historically the only representative of the genus from American strata (Clark & Twitchell, 1915).
Comparisons:
- Pyrina desmoulinsii D'Archiac: G. parryi is broader posteriorly and less elevated (Clark & Twitchell, 1915).
- Globator clarki (Böse): G. parryi differs in outline and convexity (Böse, 1910).
