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Paleochiridota radiata

Holothuroidea - Apodida - Myriotrochidae

Taxonomy
Paleochiridota radiata was named by Croneis and McCormack (1932). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is north of Crazy Hotel, Mineral Wells, which is in a Missourian marine shale in the Mineral Wells Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Chiridotites radiatus by Deflandre-Rigaud (1950), Deflandre-Rigaud (1952).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Paleochiridota radiata Croneis and McCormack pp. 140-141 figs. pl. 20, fig. 20
1950Chiridotites radiatus Deflandre-Rigaud p. 16 figs. fig. 7
1952Chiridotites radiatus Deflandre-Rigaud p. 9
1962Paleochiridota radiata Deflandre-Rigaud p. 100

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Echinozoa()
classHolothuroidea()
orderApodida
familyMyriotrochidae
Paleochiridotidae()
genusPaleochiridota
speciesradiata

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Paleochiridota radiata Croneis and McCormack 1932
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-06-23 02:35:55
Modified: 2009-10-09 11:59:34
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Arkadiev and Bugrova 1999, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Missourian or 306.00000 to 303.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Texas) Paleochiridota radiata (type locality: 97876)