Theelia florida Frizzell and Exline 1955 (sea cucumber)

Holothuroidea - Apodida - Chiridotidae

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 Theelia according to K. Krainer and H. Mostler 1997

See also Frizzell and Exline 1955 and Gilliland 1992

Sister taxa: Theelia alta, Theelia alveata, Theelia anguinea, Theelia conglobata, Theelia convexa, Theelia crassidentata, Theelia dentata, Theelia doreckae, Theelia dzhulfaensis, Theelia fastigata, Theelia fissa, Theelia guembeli, Theelia hexacneme, Theelia immissorbicula, Theelia koeveskalensis, Theelia kutscheri, Theelia lata, Theelia latimarginata, Theelia liassica, Theelia liptovskaensis, Theelia loferensis, Theelia mesopermiana, Theelia monicae, Theelia mortenseni, Theelia multiplex, Theelia multiundulata, Theelia norica, Theelia petasiformis, Theelia planata, Theelia polydenticulata, Theelia praeacuta, Theelia praenorica, Theelia praeseniradiata, Theelia pseudoplanata, Theelia seniradiata, Theelia serta, Theelia sinaiensis, Theelia speciosa, Theelia staurolithensis, Theelia stellifera, Theelia synapta, Theelia teneromarginata, Theelia trammeri, Theelia undata, Theelia undulata, Theelia variabilis, Theelia wartensis, Theelia zawidzkae

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Scheibelberg insoluble residue, sample KG 66, Unken Syncline (Jurassic of Austria)

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