Holothuroidea - Aspidochirotida
Full reference: L. S. Kornicker and I. Imbrie. 1958. Holothurian sclerites from the Florena Shale (Permian) of Kansas. Micropaleontology 4:93-96
Parent taxon: Aspidochirotida according to D. L. Pawson 1966
See also Deflandre-Rigaud 1962, Frizzell and Exline 1966, Kornicker and Imbrie 1958 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bathysynactites, Collbatothuria, Holothuriidae, Holothuropsis, Ornaticannula, Stichopodidae, Synallactidae
Subtaxa: Parvispina harpago Parvispina spinosa
Type: Stichopites spinosus
Ecology: epifaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (2: Kansas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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