Punctatites Mostler 1968 (sea cucumber)

Holothuroidea - Stichopitidae

Full reference: H. Mostler. 1968. Neue Holothurien-Sklerite aus norischen Hallstätter Kalken (Nördliche Kalkalpen). Berichte des Naturwissenschaftlich-medizinischen Vereins in Innsbruck 56:427-441

Parent taxon: Stichopitidae according to K. Krainer and H. Mostler 1997

See also Gilliland 1992, Mostler 1968, Mostler 1972, Mostler and Rahimi-Yazd 1976 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cucumarites, Frangerites, Jagdipina, Praeeuphronides, Ramusites, Rhabdotites, Stichopitella, Stichopites, Syneuphronides, Thenuisites, Uncinulina, Uncinulinoides

Subtaxa: Punctatites aequiperforatus Punctatites angulatus Punctatites appensus Punctatites cruciformis Punctatites dracoformis Punctatites extensus Punctatites folliculus Punctatites incurvatus Punctatites longirameus Punctatites polymorphus Punctatites tetrabrachiatus Punctatites triangularis Punctatites triplex Punctatites triradiatus

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Type: Punctatites longirameus

Ecology: shallow infaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Austria (3 collections), the United Kingdom (1)

• Triassic of Austria (2), Slovakia (3), Slovenia (1)

• Permian of Iran (1)

Total: 11 collections including 31 occurrences

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