Holothuroidea - Apodida - Synaptitidae
Full reference: D. L. Frizzell and H. Exline. 1957. Revision of the family Synaptitidae, fossil holothurian sclerites (Echinodermata Holothuroidea). Boletin Sociedad Geologia, Peru 32:97-119
Parent taxon: Synaptitidae according to H. Górka and L. Luszczewska 1969
See also Deflandre-Rigaud 1962, Frizzell and Exline 1957, Frizzell and Exline 1966 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Auricularites, Synaptites
Subtaxa: Croneisites insignis Croneisites laevigatus Croneisites oligocaenicus Croneisites polonicus
Type: Synapta oligocaenica
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Poland (1 collection)
• Eocene of France (1)
Total: 2 collections including 5 occurrences
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