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Molpadiida
Taxonomy
Molpadiida was named by Haeckel (1896). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Kerr and Kim (2001).
It was assigned to Apodacea by Frizzell and Exline (1966), Pawson (1966); and to Holothuroidea by Haeckel (1896), Gilliland (1993), Kerr and Kim (2001), Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Apodacea by Frizzell and Exline (1966), Pawson (1966); and to Holothuroidea by Haeckel (1896), Gilliland (1993), Kerr and Kim (2001), Sepkoski (2002).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1896 | Molpadiida Haeckel |
| 1966 | Molpadiida Frizzell and Exline p. U645 |
| 1966 | Molpadiida Pawson p. U645 |
| 1993 | Molpadiida Gilliland p. 136 |
| 2001 | Molpadiida Kerr and Kim p. 78 |
| 2002 | Molpadiida Sepkoski |
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Or. Molpadiida Haeckel 1896
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Fm. †Exlinellidae Deflandre-Rigaud 1962
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Fm. Molpadiidae Müller 1850
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G. Calcligula Frizzell and Exline 1955
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†Calcligula ansorgei Reich 2003
†Calcligula costata Reich 2003
†Calcligula cretacea Reich 2003
†Calcligula elgeri Deflandre-Rigaud 1959
†Calcligula ficta Deflandre-Rigaud 1962
†Calcligula frenzeli Reich 2003
†Calcligula gracilis Reich 2003
†Calcligula jurassica Said and Barakat 1958
†Calcligula liguliformis Kristan-Tollmann 1972
†Calcligula perforata Frizzell and Exline 1955
G. Molpadia Risso 1826 [rat-tailed sea cucumber]
G. †Priscolongatus Górka and Luszczewska 1969
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†Priscolongatus obliquobrachiatus Górka and Luszczewska 1969
†Priscolongatus quadriperforatus Górka and Luszczewska 1969
Invalid names: Caudinidae [empty], Gephyrothuriidae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Julian to the top of the Rupelian or 237.00000 to 27.30000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 233.6 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 233.6 Ma
Collections (14 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Julian | Italy | Calcligula triassica (50983) | |
| Carnian | Italy | Calcligula triassica (50987) | |
| Bajocian | Egypt | Calcligula jurassica (99485) | |
| Bathonian | Egypt | Calcligula jurassica (99487) | |
| Bathonian | Jordan | Pseudoexlinella bifurcata (94010) Pseudoexlinella sp., Jordanocaudina biperforata (94009) | |
| Oxfordian | France (Basse Normandie) | Calcligula ficta, Exlinella frizzelli, Pedatopriscus pinguis (94628) | |
| Early/Lower Hauterivian | Germany | Calcligula liguliformis (76934) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) | Molpadiida indet., Calcligula cretacea, Calcligula frenzeli, Calcligula gracilis (32022) | |
| Maastrichtian | Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommem) | Priscolongatus sp., Calcligula ansorgei, Calcligula costata (93273) | |
| Rupelian | Poland | Priscolongatus quadriperforatus, Priscolongatus obliquobrachiatus (97980) Priscolongatus sp., Priscolongatus quadriperforatus, Priscolongatus obliquobrachiatus (97981) | |
| Rupelian | Germany | Calcligula elgeri (91095) | |
| Rupelian | Germany (Holstein) | Calcligula elgeri (93722) |