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Clavallus spicaudina

Holothuroidea - Priscopedatidae

Taxonomy
Priscopedatus spicaudina was named by Gutschick et al. (1967). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Holotype, UND 104; paratypes UND 133; UMo. E-45-13; E-46-4 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Clavallus spicaudina by Gilliland (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Priscopedatus spicaudina Gutschick et al. p. 1471 figs. Pl. 186, figs. 38-40; Pl. 187, figs. 19,24; Text-fig. 2, A-C
1976Priscopedatus spicaudina Mostler and Rahimi-Yazd p. 14 figs. pl. 4 fig. 15, pl. 5 figs 8, 9
1977Priscopedatus spicaudina Wernlund pp. 75-76 figs. PI. 4 figs 1-5
1992Clavallus spicaudina Gilliland p. 180

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classHolothuroidea()
familyPriscopedatidae
genusClavallus
speciesspicaudina()

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.

Clavallus spicaudina Gutschick et al. 1967
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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 Kinderhookian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 358.86000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Missouri) Priscopedatus spicaudina (41445)
Kinderhookian - Osagean358.86 - 342.9USA (Montana) Priscopedatus spicaudina (41442 41444)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) Priscopedatus spicaudina (99860)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Iran Priscopedatus spicaudina (75773)