Paleochiridota waylandensis Croneis and McCormack 1932

Holothuroidea - Apodida - Myriotrochidae

Alternative combination: Palaeochiridota waylandensis

Full reference: C. Croneis and J. McCormack. 1932. Fossil Holothuroidea. Journal of Paleontology 6(2):111-148

Belongs to Paleochiridota according to M. Deflandre-Rigaud 1962

See also Croneis and McCormack 1932 and Deflandre-Rigaud 1952

Sister taxa: Paleochiridota plummerae, Paleochiridota primaeva, Paleochiridota radiata, Paleochiridota robertsoni, Paleochiridota terquemi

Type specimen: Its type locality is North of Bankhead highway, west of Eastland, which is in a Virgilian marine shale in the Graham Formation of Texas

Distribution: found only at North of Bankhead highway, west of Eastland

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