†Stichopites mortenseni Deflandre-Rigaud 1952 (sea cucumber)
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Synonym: Prostichopus jurensis Frentzen 1964
Full reference: M. Deflandre-Rigaud. 1952. Contribution à la connaissance des sclérites d'holothurides fossiles. Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique de Monaco 1012:1-15
Belongs to Stichopites according to K. D. Kalita et al. 2002
See also Deflandre-Rigaud 1952, Deflandre-Rigaud 1962, Frentzen 1964, Frizzell and Exline 1955, Frizzell and Exline 1966, Said and Barakat 1958 and Zawidzka 1971
Sister taxa: none
Ecology: shallow infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Egypt (3 collections), France (1), India (1)
• Triassic of Poland (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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