Holothuroidea - Priscopedatidae
Full reference: H. Kozur and W. Sadeddin. 1990. Holothurian Sclerites from the Middle Jurassic of Wadi Huni, Northwest Jordan. Micropaleontology 36(4):353-366
Parent taxon: Priscopedatidae according to M. M. Al-Tamimi and W. A. Saqqa 2008
See also Kozur and Sadeddin 1990 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acutisclerus, Brianella, Centripedatus, Clavallus, Cosmatites, Dictyothurites, Feddenella, Helfriedella, Hexapriscopedatus, Huniella, Kristanella, Multivirga, Octopedatus, Praethyonidium, Priscopedatus, Prisculatrites, Sastriella, Septapedatus, Solopedatus, Staurocumites, Tripuscucumis
Subtaxa: Spinopriscopedatus magnispinosus Spinopriscopedatus quadratus Spinopriscopedatus salhoubensis Spinopriscopedatus subtriangularis Spinopriscopedatus unispinosus
Ecology: shallow infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Jordan (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Jordan (3)
Total: 4 collections including 11 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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