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Porosothyone picketti

Holothuroidea - Dendrochirotida - Heterothyonidae

Taxonomy
Porosothyone picketti was named by Jell (2010). Its type specimen is AM F136461 and is a mold. Its type locality is Locality W877, which is in a Pridoli marine horizon in the Elmside Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Porosothyone.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Porosothyone picketti Jell p. 30 figs. 2-5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Echinozoa()
classHolothuroidea()
orderDendrochirotida
familyHeterothyonidae
genusPorosothyone
speciespicketti

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.

†Porosothyone picketti Jell 2010
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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: base of the Ludlow to the top of the Pridoli or 426.70000 to 419.62000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Australia (New South Wales) Porosothyone picketti (201150)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Australia (New South Wales) Porosothyone picketti (type locality: 201152)