†Mortensenites elongatus Deflandre-Rigaud 1962 (sea cucumber)
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Holothuroidea - Dendrochirotida - Calclamnidae
Full reference: M. Deflandre-Rigaud. 1962. Contribution à la connaissance des sclérites d'holothurides fossiles. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Série C 11:1-123
Belongs to Mortensenites according to M. Deflandre-Rigaud 1962
Sister taxa: Mortensenites circularis, Mortensenites cuneus, Mortensenites liasicus, Mortensenites sievertsi
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-detritivore
Distribution: found only at Vaches Noires Cliff, stratigraphic bed unknown (Jurassic of France)
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