Ophiocistioidea - Rotasacciidae
Alternative spelling: Rotasaccidae
Full reference: R. Haude and F. Langenstrassen. 1976. Rotasaccus dentifer n. g. n. sp. ein devonischer Ophiocistoide (Echinodermata) mit holothuroiden Wandskleriten und echinoidem Kauapparat. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 50:130-150
Parent taxon: Ophiocistioidea according to J. Bohaty and H.-G. Herbig 2010
See also Boczarowski 2001, Haude and Langenstrassen 1976, Kozur and Mostler 1989 and Reich and Haude 2004
Sister taxa: Branzoviella, Eucladidae, Linguaserridae, Rhenosquamidae, Sollasinidae, Volchoviidae
Subtaxa: Erisserra Longiserra Microantyx Ornatoserra Pararotasaccus Protocaudina Rotasaccus
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Germany (1 collection)
• Jurassic of France (1)
• Triassic of Slovenia (1)
• Permian of Iran (1), Italy (1), United States (3: Kansas, Texas)
• Carboniferous of Afghanistan (1), Austria (1), Japan (1), United States (8: Indiana, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska)
• Devonian of Germany (2), Poland (11)
Total: 32 collections including 41 occurrences