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Langepis campbelli

Holothuroidea - Apodida - Myriotrochidae

Taxonomy
Rota campbelli was named by Gutschick (1959). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Holotype U.S.N.M. 137022, Paratypes U.S.N.M. 137018-137021, 137023-137038 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Meadel Ditch Quarry, which is in a Kinderhookian offshore mudstone/limestone in the Rockford Limestone Formation of Indiana.

It was recombined as Langepis campbelli by Kozur and Mostler (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Rota campbelli Gutschick p. 133 figs. text-fig. 4, pl. 26 figs. 1-21,26,27,32-35
1962Rota campbelli Deflandre-Rigaud p. 99
1967Rota campbelli Gutschick et al. p. 1474 figs. Pl. 187 figs 1-6,23, Pl. 188 figs 1-2,8-9,14-15, 21-23,28-31; Text-fig. 4,1,5,15,21,22,27,28,33,36
1977Rota campbelli Wernlund pp. 66-68 figs. PI. 3 figs 6-12
2008Langepis campbelli Kozur and Mostler p. 111

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Echinozoa()
classHolothuroidea()
orderApodida
familyMyriotrochidae
—Paleochiridotidae()
genusLangepis
speciescampbelli()

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.

†Langepis campbelli Gutschick 1959
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-06-23 02:35:55
Modified: 2009-10-09 11:59:34
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Arkadiev and Bugrova 1999

Age range: base of the Kinderhookian to the top of the Capitanian or 358.86000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Missouri) Rota campbelli (41445 41448)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Indiana) Rota campbelli (6734 type locality: 69302)
Kinderhookian - Osagean358.86 - 342.9USA (Montana) Rota campbelli (41442 41444)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Texas) Langepis campbelli (97882)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) Rota campbelli (99860)