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Paleochiridota waylandensis

Holothuroidea - Apodida - Myriotrochidae

Taxonomy
Paleochiridota waylandensis was named by Croneis and McCormack (1932). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is North of Bankhead highway, west of Eastland, which is in a Virgilian marine shale in the Graham Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Paleochiridota waylandensis Croneis and McCormack p. 141 figs. pl. 20, fig. 12-13
1952Palaeochiridota waylandensis Deflandre-Rigaud p. 7
1962Paleochiridota waylandensis Deflandre-Rigaud p. 101

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

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 waylandensis 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, Aberhan 1992, Arkadiev and Bugrova 1999

Age range: Virgilian or 303.70000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) Paleochiridota waylandensis (type locality: 97877)