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Praecaudina

Holothuroidea - Dendrochirotida - Calclamnidae

Taxonomy
Praecaudina was named by Mostler (1970) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Nori-l Tr Nori-u Sepkoski's reference number: 982]. It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Calclamnidae by Mostler (1970); and to Elasipodida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Praecaudina Mostler
2002Praecaudina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classHolothuroidea()
orderDendrochirotida
familyCalclamnidae
genusPraecaudina

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.

G. †Praecaudina Mostler 1970
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Praecaudina hexagona Mostler 1970
Praecaudina mostleri Gazdzicki et al. 1978
Praecaudina rigaudae Mostler 1970
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 et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Julian to the top of the Norian or 235.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5Slovenia P. hexagona (57026)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Slovakia P. mostleri (57037)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Slovakia P. hexagona (99561)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Slovakia P. hexagona (99558 99562 99563)