Amphitriodites Deflandre-Rigaud 1962 (sea cucumber)

Holothuroidea - Dendrochirotida - Schlumbergeritidae

Full reference: M. Deflandre-Rigaud. 1962. Contribution à la connaissance des sclérites d'holothurides fossiles. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Série C 11:1-123

Parent taxon: Schlumbergeritidae according to D. L. Frizzell and H. Exline 1966

See also Deflandre-Rigaud 1962 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Schlumbergerites

Subtaxa: Amphitriodites insignis

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Type: Amphitriodites insignis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-detritivore

Distribution: found only at Vaches Noires Cliff, stratigraphic bed unknown (Jurassic of France)

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