†Cheirodota traquairii Etheridge 1881 (sea cucumber)
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Holothuroidea - Apodida - Synaptidae
Alternative combination: Protocaudina traquairii
Full reference: R. Etheridge. 1881. On the presence of scattered skeletal remains of Holothuroidea in the Carboniferous limestone series of Scotland. Proceeding of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh 6:183-198
Belongs to Cheirodota according to Etheridge 1881
See also Deflandre-Rigaud 1952 and Deflandre-Rigaud 1962
Sister taxa: Chiridota atava, Chirodota vetusa
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Orchard Farm, Near Giffnock (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)
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