Holothuroidea - Dendrochirotida - Calclamnidae

Alternative combination: Eocaudina septaforminalis

Synonyms: Palaeocaudina hexagonaria Martin 1952, Praecaudina hexagonaria Martin 1952, Protocaudina hexagonaria Martin 1952

Full reference: W. R. Martin. 1952. Holothuroidea of the Iowa Devonian. Journal of Paleontology 26(5):728-729

Belongs to Eocaudina according to J. Bohaty and H.-G. Herbig 2010

See also Boczarowski 1997, Boczarowski 2001, Deflandre-Rigaud 1962, Gazdzicki et al. 1978, Gutschick and Canis 1971, Kozur and Mostler 1989, Martin 1952, Mostler 1971, Mostler 1971, Mostler 1972, Mostler and Rahimi-Yazd 1976, Soodan 1986, Wernlund 1977 and Zawidzka 1971

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 mccormacki, Eocaudina mostleri, Eocaudina ovalis, Eocaudina patella, Eocaudina pentagona, Eocaudina plaga, Eocaudina ramosa, Eocaudina rimosa, Eocaudina subhexagona, Eocaudina subquadrata, Eocaudina subrotunda

Type specimens:

• Eocaudina septaforaminalis: Neotype UND48. Its type locality is quarry 2 miles south of Urbana, which is in a Taghanican carbonate limestone in the Cedar Valley Formation of Iowa.
• Protocaudina hexagonaria: Neotype UND461. Its type locality is quarry 2 miles south of Urbana, which is in a Taghanican carbonate limestone in the Cedar Valley Formation of Iowa.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-detritivore

Distribution:

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