Micradites Deflandre-Rigaud 1950 (sea cucumber)

Holothuroidea - Theeliidae

Full reference: M. Deflandre-Rigaud. 1950. Les sclérites rotiformes des holothuries fossiles. Annales de Paléontologie 36:1-45

Parent taxon: Theeliidae according to K. S. Soodan 1991

See also Deflandre-Rigaud 1950, Deflandre-Rigaud 1952, Deflandre-Rigaud 1962, Frizzell and Exline 1966 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Jumaraina, Lawsonina, Neomicroantyx, Protheelia, Schizotheelia, Stueria, Swabiaina

Subtaxa: Micradites incertus

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Type: Micradites incertus

Ecology: shallow infaunal detritivore

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

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