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Semperitidae

Holothuroidea - Semperitidae

Taxonomy
Semperitidae was named by Mostler (1970). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Echinodermata by Kozur and Mostler (1989); and to Holothuroidea by Mostler (1970), Mostler (1972) and Krainer and Mostler (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Semperitidae Mostler
1972Semperitidae Mostler p. 23
1989Semperitidae Kozur and Mostler p. 681
1997Semperitidae Krainer and Mostler p. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classHolothuroidea()
familySemperitidae
familySemperitidae

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.

Fm. †Semperitidae Mostler 1970
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G. †Biacumina Mostler 1970
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†Biacumina aequibrachiata Krainer and Mostler 1997
†Biacumina inconstans Mostler 1970
†Biacumina latiareata Krainer and Mostler 1997
†Biacumina nasiformis Krainer and Mostler 1997
†Biacumina rara Mostler 1972
†Biacumina rariperforata Kozur and Mock 1972
†Biacumina spinosa Kozur and Mock 1972
G. †Bicornuticaudina Kozur and Mostler 1989
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†Bicornuticaudina burgioensis Kozur and Mostler 1989
G. †Semperites Mostler 1970
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†Semperites longiramosus Kozur and Mock 1972
†Semperites radiatus Mostler 1971
†Semperites subtilis Mostler 1970
G. †Uniramosa Kozur and Mock 1972
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†Uniramosa bystrickyi Kozur and Mock 1972
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: shallow infaunalc
Diet: detritivorec
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 11:09:31
Modified: 2010-02-11 06:36:04
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Hettangian or 266.90000 to 199.30000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy Bicornuticaudina burgioensis (97875)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Austria Semperites sp. (99797)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5Slovenia Uniramosa bystrickyi (57026)
Alaunian - Sevatian215.56 - 205.6Slovakia Uniramosa bysctrickyi, Biacumina acanthica (99565)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Austria (Niederösterreich) Semperites radiatus (85008)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Slovakia Biacumina spinosa (99563) Semperites longiramosus (99562) Semperites ungersteinensis (99568)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3Austria Biacumina rara (100115)
Liasicus201.3 - 196.5Austria Biacumina rara, Biacumina rariperforata, Uniramosa bystrickyi, Biacumina inconstans, Semperites subtilis, Biacumina aequibrachiata, Biacumina latiareata, Biacumina nasiformis (227858) Biacumina rariperforata, Biacumina inconstans (227857)