Palaeocucumaria Lehmann 1958 (sea cucumber)

Holothuroidea - Arthrochirotida - Palaeocucumariidae

Full reference: W. M. Lehmann. 1958. Eine Holothurie zusammen mit Palaenectria devonica und einem Brachiopoden in den unterdevonischen Dachschiefern des Hunsrücks durch Röntgenstrahlen entdect. Notizblat des Hessischen Landesamtes für Bodenforschung 86:81-86

Parent taxon: Palaeocucumariidae according to A. Boczarowski 2001

See also Frizzell and Exline 1966, Kerr and Kim 2001, Lehmann 1958 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Palaeocucumaria ancile Palaeocucumaria delicata Palaeocucumaria hunsrueckiana

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Type: Palaeocucumaria hunsrueckiana

Ecology: shallow infaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of Germany (1 collection), Poland (10)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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