Frizzellus Hampton 1958 (sea cucumber)

Holothuroidea - Etheridgellidae

Full reference: J. S. Hampton. 1958. Frizzellus irregularis, a new holothurian sclerite from the Upper Bathonian of the Dorset coast, England. Micropaleontology 4(3):309-316

Parent taxon: Etheridgellidae according to K. Krainer and H. Mostler 1997

See also Deflandre-Rigaud 1962, Frizzell and Exline 1966, Hampton 1958, Kozur and Sadeddin 1990 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Dictyobractites, Etheridgella, Hamptonites

Subtaxa: Frizzellus donofrioi Frizzellus irregularis

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Ecology: shallow infaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Austria (1 collection), Jordan (1), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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