†family Etheridgellidae Frizzell and Exline 1955 (sea cucumber)

Holothuroidea - Etheridgellidae

Full reference: D. L. Frizzell and H. Exline. 1955. Monograph of fossil holothurian sclerites. Bulletin of the Missouri University School of Metallurgy and Mines, Technical series 89:1-204

Parent taxon: Holothuroidea according to K. Krainer and H. Mostler 1997

See also Deflandre-Rigaud 1962, Frizzell and Exline 1955, Frizzell and Exline 1966 and Pawson 1966

Sister taxa: Acanthocaudina, Achistrulidae, Alexandritidae, Apodacea, Apodida, Arthrochirota, Arthrochirotida, Aspidochirotacea, Aspidochirotida, Bogschites, Calcancorellidae, Canisiidae, Chiridotitidae, Conisia, Crucivirga, Dactylochirotida, Dendrochirotacea, Dendrochirotida, Elasipodida, Harinellites, Irinella, Kaliobullitidae, Kozurellidae, Kuehnitidae, Laetmophasma, Leptosynapta, Molpadiida, Ocellothuria, Palelpidiidae, Paractinopoda, Placerotapis, Priscopedatidae, Protocaudinidae, Punctatitidae, Rotiformidae, Sclerothurites, Semperitidae, Stichopitidae, Synaptellidae, Tetravirga, Theeliidae, Thyonidium, Triradites

Subtaxa: Dictyobractites Etheridgella Frizzellus Hamptonites

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Type: Etheridgella

Ecology: shallow infaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Austria (1 collection), Jordan (1), the United Kingdom (2)

• Triassic of Hungary (1), Italy (4)

• Virgilian of United States (1: Texas)

• Carboniferous of United States (1: Kentucky)

Total: 11 collections including 13 occurrences

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