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Acanthotheelia triassica

Holothuroidea - Apodida - Myriotrochidae

Taxonomy
Acanthotheelia triassica was named by Speckmann (1968). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Schneeloch, Hochstaufen, Bad Reichenhall, which is in an Anisian marine limestone in Germany.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Acanthotheelia triassica Speckmann
1972Acanthotheelia triassica Kozur and Mock p. 5 figs. pl. 1 figs 16-18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Echinozoa()
classHolothuroidea()
orderApodida
familyMyriotrochidae
genusAcanthotheelia
speciestriassica

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.

Acanthotheelia triassica Speckmann 1968
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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: base of the Anisian to the top of the Sevatian or 246.70000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Germany Acanthotheelia triassica (type locality: 99830)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Austria Acanthotheelia triassica (99832)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 205.7Slovenia Acanthotheelia triassica (57026)
Lacian227.3 - 215.38Slovakia Acanthotheelia triassica (99561)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Slovakia Acanthotheelia triassica (99563)