Thuroholia irregularis Summerson and Campbell 1958 (sea cucumber)

Holothuroidea - Dendrochirotida - Calclamnidae

Full reference: C. H. Summerson and L. J. Campbell. 1958. Holothurian Sclerites from the Kendrick Shale of Eastern Kentucky. Journal of Paleontology 32(5):961-969

Belongs to Thuroholia according to C. H. Summerson and L. J. Campbell 1958

Sister taxa: Thuroholia cribriformis, Thuroholia crinerensis, Thuroholia croneisi, Thuroholia floydensis, Thuroholia overbrookensis, Thuroholia spicatus, Thuroholia wanlessi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Cow Creek, Prestonsburg, Floyd County, which is in a Pennsylvanian marine shale in the Breathitt Formation of Kentucky

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-detritivore

Distribution: found only at Cow Creek, Prestonsburg, Floyd County

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