Holothuroidea - Apodida - Synaptitidae
Full reference: G. Deflandre and M. Deflandre-Rigaud. 1948. A propos de l'introduction de parataxons dans la nomenclature zoologique. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 15:705-724
Parent taxon: Synaptitidae according to A. S. Henderson et al. 1992
See also Deflandre and Deflandre-Rigaud 1948, Deflandre-Rigaud 1949, Deflandre-Rigaud 1952, Deflandre-Rigaud 1962, Frizzell and Exline 1966 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Auricularites, Croneisites
Subtaxa: Synaptites circularis Synaptites cunninghami Synaptites eocenus Synaptites renifer Synaptites stueri Synaptites truncatus
Type: Synapta eocena
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Germany (1 collection)
• Eocene of France (1)
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 3 collections including 7 occurrences
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