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Eocaudina plaga

Holothuroidea - Dendrochirotida - Calclamnidae

Taxonomy
Eocaudina plaga was named by Boczarowski (2001). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Holotype: GIUS 4-618 Grz./376/1 and is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Eocaudina plaga Boczarowski pp. 140-141 figs. Pl. 17: 1-4; Text-figs 57A-B, 59A-L

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Echinozoa()
classHolothuroidea()
orderDendrochirotida
familyCalclamnidae
subfamilyEocaudiniinae
genusEocaudina
speciesplaga

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.

Eocaudina plaga Boczarowski 2001
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. Boczarowski 2001The sclerites completely flat and irregular in shape; pores separated by thick rods and not aligned. A radial plate with rectangular blades on the ventral side of two proximal processes with caverns occurring over almost their entire surface.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Diet 2: detritivoreo
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 10:54:29
Modified: 2009-09-04 14:34:25
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Emsian to the top of the Eifelian or 399.50000 to 387.95000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Poland (Swietokrzyskie) Eocaudina plaga (94470)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Poland (Swietokrzyskie) Eocaudina plaga (94471)