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Kuehnites spiniperforatus

Holothuroidea - Kuehnitidae

Taxonomy
Acanthotheelia spiniperforata was named by Zawidzka (1971). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is NE part of Chochlowaska Valley, which is in an Anisian shallow subtidal limestone in the Furkaska Formation of Poland.

It was recombined as Kuehnites spiniperforatus by Kozur and Mock (1972).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Acanthotheelia spiniperforata Zawidzka pp. 440-441 figs. pl. 3 fig. 6
1972Kuehnites spiniperforatus Kozur and Mock pp. 9-10 figs. pl. 2 figs 3-8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classHolothuroidea()
familyKuehnitidae
genusKuehnites
speciesspiniperforatus()

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.

Kuehnites spiniperforatus Zawidzka 1971
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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 et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Illyrian to the top of the Sevatian or 243.33000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Poland Acanthotheelia spiniperforata (type locality: 99844)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Slovakia Kuehnites spiniperforatus (99566)
Lacian227.3 - 215.38Slovakia Kuehnites spiniperforatus (99561)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Slovakia Kuehnites spiniperforatus (99558 99562 99563)