Pedatopriscus Deflandre-Rigaud 1962 (sea cucumber)

Holothuroidea - Molpadiida - Exlinellidae

Full reference: M. Deflandre-Rigaud. 1962. Contribution à la connaissance des sclérites d'holothurides fossiles. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Série C 11:1-123

Parent taxon: Exlinellidae according to D. L. Frizzell and H. Exline 1966

See also Deflandre-Rigaud 1962 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Exlinella, Jordanocaudina, Pseudoexlinella

Subtaxa: Pedatopriscus pinguis

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Type: Priscopedatus pinguis

Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal deposit feeder

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

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