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Palaeocaudina kansasensis

Holothuroidea - Elasipodida - Palaeocaudinidae

Taxonomy
Laetmophasma kansasensis was named by Hanna (1930). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cheirodota traquairii by Croneis (1931); it was recombined as Protocaudina kansasensis by Croneis and McCormack (1932), Deflandre-Rigaud (1952), Summerson and Campbell (1958), Mostler and Rahimi-Yazd (1976); it was recombined as Palaeocaudina kansasensis by Boczarowski (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Laetmophasma kansasensis Hanna p. 413 figs. pl. 40, fig. 1, 2, 4-7
1932Protocaudina kansasensis Croneis and McCormack p. 138
1952Protocaudina kansasensis Deflandre-Rigaud p. 6
1958Protocaudina kansasensis Summerson and Campbell p. 869 figs. pl. 126 figs 14-17
1976Protocaudina kansasensis Mostler and Rahimi-Yazd p. 23 figs. pl. 1 figs 9, 12
2001Palaeocaudina kansasensis Boczarowski p. 151

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Echinozoa()
classHolothuroidea()
orderElasipodida
familyPalaeocaudinidae
genusPalaeocaudina
specieskansasensis()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Diet 2: detritivoreo
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-09-04 12:38:49
Modified: 2009-09-04 14:38:49
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Massin 1982

Age range: base of the Middle Pennsylvanian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 315.20000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pennsylvanian323.4 - 298.9USA (Kansas) Laetmophasma kansasensis (93782)
Middle Pennsylvanian315.2 - 307.0USA (Kentucky) Protocaudina kansasensis (97880)
Late/Upper Pennsylvanian307.0 - 298.9USA (Kansas) Laetmophasma kansasensis (93780)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Texas) Protocaudina kansasensis (97876)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Missouri) Protocaudina kansasensis (217123)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Kansas) Laetmophasma kansasensis (93781)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Iran Protocaudina kansasensis (75773)