Holothuroidea - Apodida - Synaptidae
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: Synaptidae according to M. Reich and F. Wiese 2010
See also Deflandre-Rigaud 1962, Frizzell and Exline 1957, Frizzell and Exline 1966, Sepkoski 2002 and Soodan 1991
Sister taxa: Calcancora, Chiridota, Prosynapta, Pseudocaudina, Synapta
Subtaxa: Rigaudites cuvillieri Rigaudites ernsti Rigaudites indicus Rigaudites rajui Rigaudites sastrii Rigaudites singhi Rigaudites subcircularia
Type: Synaptites cuvillieri
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of France (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Germany (1), Jordan (1), Poland (1)
Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences
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