Protocaudina mortenseni Deflandre-Rigaud 1946

Ophiocistioidea - Rotasacciidae

Full reference: M. Deflandre-Rigaud. 1946. Sur les divers types de sclérites d'holothuries oxfordiens des marnes de Villers-sur-Mer. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences 223:513-515

Belongs to Protocaudina according to M. Deflandre-Rigaud 1962

See also Deflandre-Rigaud 1946 and Deflandre-Rigaud 1952

Sister taxa: Protocaudina botoni, Protocaudina dorsetensis, Protocaudina dulcis, Protocaudina herrigi, Protocaudina paucispinosa

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Vaches Noires Cliff, stratigraphic bed unknown (Jurassic of France)

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