Cucumarites soodanii Kalita et al. 2002 (sea cucumber)

Holothuroidea - Stichopitidae

Full reference: K. D. Kalita, S. K. Kulshreshtha, and N. Sahni. 2002. Fossil holothurian sclerite assemblage from the Callovian-Oxfordian rocks of Jaisalmer, Western Rajasthan, India. Journal Palaeontological Society, India 47:137-144

Belongs to Cucumarites according to K. D. Kalita et al. 2002

Sister taxa: Cucumarites ambiguus, Cucumarites angulatus, Cucumarites compactus, Cucumarites dentatus, Cucumarites dentigerus, Cucumarites diplococcus, Cucumarites diversimeatus, Cucumarites dubius, Cucumarites feifeli, Cucumarites heteroporus, Cucumarites holsaticus, Cucumarites inflatus, Cucumarites microporus, Cucumarites mortenseni, Cucumarites nigrivaccae, Cucumarites pauciperforatus, Cucumarites pauciperforatus, Cucumarites proteus, Cucumarites punctiferus, Cucumarites radiatus, Cucumarites robustus, Cucumarites scaber, Cucumarites schlumbergeri, Cucumarites sparsispinosus, Cucumarites speciosus, Cucumarites spitiensis, Cucumarites squamma, Cucumarites undatus

Type specimen: Holotype VPL-KD/1/54

Ecology: shallow infaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of India (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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