Synaptites Deflandre and Deflandre-Rigaud 1948 (sea cucumber)

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

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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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