Family Ypsilothuriidae Heding 1942 (sea cucumber)

Holothuroidea - Dactylochirotida - Ypsilothuriidae

Full reference: S. Heding. 1942. Holothuroidea. Part II. Aspidochirotida, Elasipoda, Dendrochirota. The Danish Ingolf Expedition 4(13):1-39

Parent taxon: Dactylochirotida according to M. Reich 2003

See also Frizzell and Exline 1966, Gilliland 1992, Gilliland 1993, Heding 1942, Kerr and Kim 2001 and Pawson 1966

Sister taxa: Rhopalodinidae, Vaneyellidae

Subtaxa: Palaeoypsilus

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Ecology: stationary infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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