Holothuroidea - Apodida - Synaptitidae
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: Apodida according to D. L. Pawson 1966
See also Deflandre-Rigaud 1962, Frizzell and Exline 1955 and Frizzell and Exline 1966
Sister taxa: Achistridae, Calcancoridae, Chiridotidae, Holothuriopsis, Myriotrochidae, Myriotrochus, Porachistrum, Synapta, Synaptidae, Theeliidae
Subtaxa: Auricularites Croneisites Synaptites
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Poland (1 collection)
• Oligocene of Germany (1)
• Eocene of France (1)
• Jurassic of France (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 5 collections including 14 occurrences