Yorkshirella Soodan and Whatley 1990 (sea cucumber)

Holothuroidea - Dendrochirotida - Calclamnidae

Full reference: K. S. Soodan and R. Whatley. 1990. Fossil Holothuroidea from the Lower Liassic of Yorkshire, U.K. Geoscience Journal, Lucknow 11(1-2):1-18

Parent taxon: Calclamnidae according to K. S. Soodan and R. Whatley 1990

Sister taxa: Calclamna, Calclamnella, Calclamninae, Calclamnoidea, Curvatella, Elgerius, Eocaudiniinae, Fissobractites, Gutschickia, Hamptonina, Harrisina, Hodsonina, Jolfacaudina, Mortensenites, Pachopsites, Paracucumarites, Parvioctoidus, Petropegia, Praecaudina, Thuroholia

Subtaxa: Yorkshirella adamsi Yorkshirella ageri Yorkshirella arkelli Yorkshirella bifurcata Yorkshirella etheridgei Yorkshirella lordi Yorkshirella rectangularia

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Type: Yorkshirella rectangularia

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Yorkshirella in the database

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