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Thuroholia wanlessi

Holothuroidea - Dendrochirotida - Calclamnidae

Taxonomy
Thuroholia wanlessi was named by Summerson and Campbell (1958). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Holotype No. TC 86, University of Kentucky and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cow Creek, Prestonsburg, Floyd County, which is in a Pennsylvanian marine shale in the Breathitt Formation of Kentucky.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Thuroholia wanlessi Summerson and Campbell p. 965 figs. pl. 125 figs 1,5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Echinozoa()
classHolothuroidea()
orderDendrochirotida
familyCalclamnidae
genusThuroholia
specieswanlessi

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.

†Thuroholia wanlessi Summerson and Campbell 1958
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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: 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: Middle Pennsylvanian or 315.20000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pennsylvanian315.2 - 307.0USA (Kentucky) Thuroholia wanlessi (type locality: 97880)