Holothuroidea - Molpadiida - Molpadiidae
Full reference: D. L. Frizzell and H. Exline. 1955. Monograph of fossil holothurian sclerites. Bulletin of the Missouri University School of Metallurgy and Mines, Technical series 89:1-204
Parent taxon: Molpadiidae according to M. Reich 2003
See also Deflandre-Rigaud 1962, Frizzell and Exline 1955, Frizzell and Exline 1966, Kristan-Tollmann 1972, Pawson 1966, Said and Barakat 1958 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Molpadia, Priscolongatus
Subtaxa: Calcligula ansorgei Calcligula costata Calcligula cretacea Calcligula elgeri Calcligula ficta Calcligula frenzeli Calcligula gracilis Calcligula jurassica Calcligula liguliformis Calcligula perforata
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Germany (2 collections)
• Cretaceous of Germany (3)
• Jurassic of Egypt (2), France (1)
• Triassic of Italy (2)
Total: 10 collections including 13 occurrences
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