Holothuroidea - Dendrochirotida - Calclamnidae
Alternative combinations: Eocaudina spicata, Spicatocaudina spicata
Full reference: R. C. Gutschick. 1959. Lower Mississippian holothurian sclerites from the Rockford Limestone of northern Indiana. Journal of Paleontology 33:130-137
Belongs to Thuroholia according to R. C. Gutschick 1959
See also Gutschick et al. 1967 and Kozur and Mostler 1989
Sister taxa: Thuroholia cribriformis, Thuroholia crinerensis, Thuroholia croneisi, Thuroholia floydensis, Thuroholia irregularis, Thuroholia overbrookensis, Thuroholia wanlessi
Type specimen: Holotype U.S.N.M. 137002, paratypes U.S.N.M. 137003, 137004, 137005. Its type locality is Meadel Ditch Quarry, which is in a Kinderhookian offshore mudstone/limestone in the Rockford Limestone Formation of Indiana.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-detritivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (3: Indiana, Missouri, Montana collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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