Holothuroidea - Priscopedatidae
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 M. M. Al-Tamimi and W. A. Saqqa 2008
See also Deflandre-Rigaud 1962, Frizzell and Exline 1955, Frizzell and Exline 1966, Gilliland 1992, Kozur and Mostler 1989, Krainer and Mostler 1997, Mostler 1972, Mostler 1972, Mostler and Rahimi-Yazd 1976 and Wernlund 1977
Sister taxa: Acanthocaudina, Achistrulidae, Alexandritidae, Apodacea, Apodida, Arthrochirota, Arthrochirotida, Aspidochirotacea, Aspidochirotida, Bogschites, Calcancorellidae, Canisiidae, Chiridotitidae, Conisia, Crucivirga, Dactylochirotida, Dendrochirotacea, Dendrochirotida, Elasipodida, Etheridgellidae, Harinellites, Irinella, Kaliobullitidae, Kozurellidae, Kuehnitidae, Laetmophasma, Leptosynapta, Molpadiida, Ocellothuria, Palelpidiidae, Paractinopoda, Placerotapis, Protocaudinidae, Punctatitidae, Rotiformidae, Sclerothurites, Semperitidae, Stichopitidae, Synaptellidae, Tetravirga, Theeliidae, Thyonidium, Triradites
Subtaxa: Acutisclerus Brianella Centripedatus Clavallus Cosmatites Dictyothurites Feddenella Helfriedella Hexapriscopedatus Huniella Kristanella Multivirga Octopedatus Praethyonidium Priscopedatus Prisculatrites Sastriella Septapedatus Solopedatus Spinopriscopedatus Staurocumites Tripuscucumis
Ecology: shallow infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Germany (2 collections)
• Eocene of France (1)
• Cretaceous of Germany (1), Jordan (2)
• Jurassic of Austria (5), Egypt (3), France (2), India (4), Jordan (3), Poland (26), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (6)
• Triassic of Austria (8), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Germany (2), Hungary (3), Italy (1), Poland (1), Slovakia (6), Slovenia (1), Turkey (3)
• Permian of Iran (1), Italy (1), United States (1: Texas)
• Carboniferous of Afghanistan (1), United States (4: Indiana, Missouri, Montana)
Total: 90 collections including 230 occurrences