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Punctatites extensus

Holothuroidea - Stichopitidae

Taxonomy
Binoculites extensus was named by Mostler (1968). It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was recombined as Punctatites extensus by Kozur and Mock (1972), Mostler and Rahimi-Yazd (1976), Gilliland (1992) and Krainer and Mostler (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Binoculites extensus Mostler pp. 428-429 figs. Pl. 1 fig. 1, 2
1972Punctatites extensus Kozur and Mock p. 15
1976Punctatites extensus Mostler and Rahimi-Yazd p. 9
1992Punctatites extensus Gilliland p. 199 figs. pl. 4 fig. 23
1997Punctatites extensus Krainer and Mostler p. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classHolothuroidea()
familyStichopitidae
genusPunctatites
speciesextensus()

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.

Punctatites extensus Mostler 1968
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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 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Liasicus or 259.90000 to 196.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Iran Punctatites extensus (75773)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Austria (Niederösterreich) Binoculites extensus (94108)
Liasicus201.3 - 196.5Austria Punctatites extensus (227857 227858)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8United Kingdom (England) Punctatites extensus (41626)