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Priscopedatus radiatus

Holothuroidea - Priscopedatidae

Taxonomy
Priscopedatus radiatus was named by Wernlund (1977). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is holotype TTU-N09/50, paratypes TTU-N09/51-53 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pine Springs area, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Capitanian basinal (carbonate) floatstone in the Bell Canyon Formation of Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. sandlingi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Priscopedatus radiatus Wernlund pp. 73-74 figs. PI. 3 figs 29-32

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classHolothuroidea()
familyPriscopedatidae
genusPriscopedatus
speciesradiatus

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.

†Priscopedatus radiatus Wernlund 1977
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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: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) Priscopedatus radiatus (type locality: 99860)