Priscopedatus stellatus Wernlund 1977 (sea cucumber)

Holothuroidea - Priscopedatidae

Full reference: R. J. Wernlund. 1977. Biostratigraphy and paleocology of Holothurian sclerites from the Pinery Member, Bell Canyon Formation (Permian) of the Delaware Basin of West Texas. 1-122

Belongs to Priscopedatus according to R. J. Wernlund 1977

Sister taxa: Priscopedatus acutus, Priscopedatus aegyptiacus, Priscopedatus affinis, Priscopedatus anceps, Priscopedatus anguliferus, Priscopedatus apertus, Priscopedatus apertus, Priscopedatus artus, Priscopedatus aspergillum, Priscopedatus asymmetricus, Priscopedatus batoniensis, Priscopedatus bogschi, Priscopedatus bolkoviensis, Priscopedatus bullatus, Priscopedatus buno, Priscopedatus concameratus, Priscopedatus conspicuus, Priscopedatus corolla, Priscopedatus crassus, Priscopedatus crassus, Priscopedatus cribellum, Priscopedatus crux, Priscopedatus denticulatus, Priscopedatus dumosus, Priscopedatus echinatus, Priscopedatus eiffeli, Priscopedatus elliptiferus, Priscopedatus elongatus, Priscopedatus exlineae, Priscopedatus foliosus, Priscopedatus frizzelli, Priscopedatus guyaderi, Priscopedatus heteroporus, Priscopedatus hystrix, Priscopedatus illyricus, Priscopedatus incisus, Priscopedatus inflexus, Priscopedatus jaworznicensis, Priscopedatus kozuri, Priscopedatus margaritatus, Priscopedatus mostleri, Priscopedatus multiangulatus, Priscopedatus multiforaminis, Priscopedatus multiforis, Priscopedatus multiformis, Priscopedatus nawarensis, Priscopedatus normani, Priscopedatus normannus, Priscopedatus octoperforatus, Priscopedatus orbiculatus, Priscopedatus parvulus, Priscopedatus pentaradiatus, Priscopedatus perpusillus, Priscopedatus ploechingeri, Priscopedatus procerus, Priscopedatus propinquus, Priscopedatus pseudaffinis, Priscopedatus pyramidalis, Priscopedatus quinquespinosus, Priscopedatus radiatus, Priscopedatus slovakensis, Priscopedatus spectabilis, Priscopedatus spiniferus, Priscopedatus triangularis, Priscopedatus triangularis, Priscopedatus triangulatus, Priscopedatus triassicus, Priscopedatus tyrolensis, Priscopedatus variabilis

Type specimen: holotype TTU-N09/38, paratypes TTU-N09/39-40. Its type locality is Pine Springs area, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Capitanian basinal (carbonate) floatstone in the Bell Canyon Formation of Texas.

Ecology: shallow infaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Pine Springs area, Guadalupe Mountains

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