Eocaudina mccormacki Frizzell and Exline 1955 (sea cucumber)

Holothuroidea - Dendrochirotida - Calclamnidae

Alternative combination: Thuroholia mccormacki

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

Belongs to Eocaudina according to R. J. Wernlund 1977

See also Frizzell and Exline 1955, Gutschick 1959, Gutschick et al. 1967, Gutschick and Canis 1971 and Summerson and Campbell 1958

Sister taxa: Eocaudina acanthica, Eocaudina angulata, Eocaudina bombayensis, Eocaudina cassianensis, Eocaudina circularia, Eocaudina columcanthus, Eocaudina concentrica, Eocaudina crassa, Eocaudina gornensis, Eocaudina gowdai, Eocaudina gutschicki, Eocaudina hexagona, Eocaudina hexagona, Eocaudina indica, Eocaudina insolica, Eocaudina jaffari, Eocaudina liassica, Eocaudina liptovskaensis, Eocaudina longa, Eocaudina marginata, Eocaudina mostleri, Eocaudina ovalis, Eocaudina patella, Eocaudina pentagona, Eocaudina plaga, Eocaudina ramosa, Eocaudina rimosa, Eocaudina septaforaminalis, Eocaudina subhexagona, Eocaudina subquadrata, Eocaudina subrotunda

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-detritivore

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (1: Texas collection)

• Carboniferous of United States (3: Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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