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Achistrum frizzelli

Holothuroidea - Apodida - Achistridae

Taxonomy
Achistrum frizzelli was named by Langenheim and Epis (1957). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Holotype UCMP 37553, paratypes UCMP 37554-37558 and is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. monochordatum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Achistrum frizzelli Langenheim and Epis pp. 167-170 figs. Pl. 1 figs. 1-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Echinozoa()
classHolothuroidea()
orderApodida
familyAchistridae
genusAchistrum
speciesfrizzelli

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.

†Achistrum frizzelli Langenheim and Epis 1957
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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 1992, Arkadiev and Bugrova 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Mississippian or 358.90000 to 346.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Mississippian358.9 - 346.7USA (Arizona) Achistrum frizzelli (93776)