Holothuroidea - Dendrochirotida - Calclamnidae

Full reference: M. Deflandre-Rigaud. 1952. Contribution à la connaissance des sclérites d'holothurides fossiles. Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique de Monaco 1012:1-15

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

See also Deflandre-Rigaud 1952, Deflandre-Rigaud 1962 and Sepkoski 2002

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

Subtaxa: Mortensenites circularis Mortensenites cuneus Mortensenites elongatus Mortensenites liasicus Mortensenites sievertsi

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Type: Gromia liasica

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-detritivore

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

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