Prisculatrites deflandreae Frizzell and Exline 1955 (sea cucumber)

Holothuroidea - Priscopedatidae

Alternative combination: Priscopedatus deflandreae

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 Prisculatrites according to M. Deflandre-Rigaud 1962

See also Frizzell and Exline 1955

Sister taxa: Prisculatrites lansulata, Prisculatrites lobatus, Prisculatrites schlumbergeri, Prisculatrites sinuatus, Prisculatrites subtriangularis, Prisculatrites triceratium, Prisculatrites tricostatus

Ecology: shallow infaunal detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Prisculatrites deflandreae in the database

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