Cucumarites mortenseni Frizzell and Exline 1955 (sea cucumber)

Holothuroidea - Stichopitidae

Alternative combination: Eocaudina mortenseni

Full reference: D. L. Frizzell and H. Exline. 1955. Monograph of fossil holothurian sclerites. Bulletin of the Missouri University School of Metallurgy and Mines, Technical series 89:1-204

Belongs to Cucumarites according to H. Górka and L. Luszczewska 1969

See also Deflandre-Rigaud 1962 and Frizzell and Exline 1955

Sister taxa: Cucumarites ambiguus, Cucumarites angulatus, Cucumarites compactus, Cucumarites dentatus, Cucumarites dentigerus, Cucumarites diplococcus, Cucumarites diversimeatus, Cucumarites dubius, Cucumarites feifeli, Cucumarites heteroporus, Cucumarites holsaticus, Cucumarites inflatus, Cucumarites microporus, Cucumarites nigrivaccae, Cucumarites pauciperforatus, Cucumarites pauciperforatus, Cucumarites proteus, Cucumarites punctiferus, Cucumarites radiatus, Cucumarites robustus, Cucumarites scaber, Cucumarites schlumbergeri, Cucumarites soodanii, Cucumarites sparsispinosus, Cucumarites speciosus, Cucumarites spitiensis, Cucumarites squamma, Cucumarites undatus

Ecology: shallow infaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of France (1 collection), Poland (3)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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