Kuehnites slovakensis Gazdzicki et al. 1978 (sea cucumber)

Holothuroidea - Kuehnitidae

Full reference: A. Gazdzicki, H. Kozur, R. Mock and J. Trammer. 1978. Triassic microfossils from the Korytnica limestones at Liptovska (Slovakia, CSSR) and their stratigraphic significance. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 23(3):351-373

Belongs to Kuehnites according to A. Gazdzicki et al. 1978

Sister taxa: Kuehnites aequiperforatus, Kuehnites andrusovi, Kuehnites dumosus, Kuehnites hallstattensis, Kuehnites inaequalis, Kuehnites serratus, Kuehnites spiniperforatus, Kuehnites turgidus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Korytnica Limestones, 1km S of Liptovska Osada, which is in a Julian deep subtidal wackestone/grainstone in the Korytnica Limestones Formation of Slovakia

Ecology: shallow infaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Korytnica Limestones, 1km S of Liptovska Osada

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