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Chiridotidae

Holothuroidea - Apodida - Chiridotidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Chiridotidae Ostergren
1966Chiridotidae Frizzell and Exline p. U645
1966Chiridotidae Pawson p. U645
1993Chiridotidae Gilliland p. 136
1995Chiridotidae Rowe and Gates p. 266
2001Chiridotidae Kerr and Kim p. 78
2010Chiridotidae Reich and Wiese p. 354

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classHolothuroidea()
orderApodida
familyChiridotidae
familyChiridotidae

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.

Fm. Chiridotidae Ostergren 1898
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G. Theelia Schlumberger 1890
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†Theelia alta Speckmann 1968
†Theelia alveata Mostler and Rahimi-Yazd 1976
†Theelia anguinea Mostler 1971
†Theelia conglobata Mostler 1971
†Theelia convexa Whidborne 1883
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Invalid names: Chiridota heptalampra Bartenstein 1936 [synonym]
†Theelia crassidentata Deflandre-Rigaud 1950
†Theelia dentata Górka and Luszczewska 1969
†Theelia doreckae Kozur and Mostler 1971
†Theelia dzhulfaensis Mostler and Rahimi-Yazd 1976
†Theelia fastigata Mostler 1972
†Theelia fissa Mostler 1971
†Theelia florida Frizzell and Exline 1955
†Theelia guembeli Kristan-Tollmann 1963
†Theelia hexacneme Summerson and Campbell 1958
†Theelia immissorbicula Mostler 1968
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Invalid names: Theelia subcirculata Mostler 1968 [synonym], Theelia thalattocanthoides Mostler 1968 [synonym]
†Theelia koeveskalensis Kozur and Mostler 1971
†Theelia kutscheri Reich 2003
†Theelia lata Kozur and Mostler 1971
†Theelia latimarginata Mostler 1971
†Theelia liassica Krainer and Mostler 1997
†Theelia liptovskaensis Gazdzicki et al. 1978
†Theelia loferensis Mostler 1994
†Theelia mesopermiana Kozur and Mostler 1989
†Theelia monicae Mostler and Rahimi-Yazd 1976
†Theelia mortenseni Deflandre-Rigaud 1950
†Theelia multiplex Speckmann 1968
†Theelia multiundulata Mostler 1994
†Theelia norica Mostler 1969
†Theelia petasiformis Kristan-Tolmann 1964
†Theelia planata Mostler 1968
†Theelia polydenticulata Mostler and Parwin 1973
†Theelia praeacuta Mostler and Rahimi-Yazd 1976
†Theelia praenorica Kozur and Mock 1972
†Theelia praeseniradiata Kozur and Mock 1972
†Theelia pseudoplanata Kozur and Mock 1972
†Theelia seniradiata Zankl 1966
†Theelia serta Speckmann 1968
†Theelia sinaiensis Said and Barakat 1958
†Theelia speciosa Deflandre-Rigaud 1946
†Theelia staurolithensis Kristan-Tollmann 1972
†Theelia stellifera Zankl 1966
†Theelia stellifera bistellata Kozur and Mock 1972
†Theelia synapta Gilliland 1992
†Theelia teneromarginata Mostler 1971
†Theelia trammeri Gazdzicki et al. 1978
†Theelia undata Mostler 1968
†Theelia undulata Schlumberger 1888
†Theelia variabilis Zankl 1966
†Theelia variabilis slovakensis Kozur and Mock 1972
†Theelia wartensis Garbowska and Wierzbowski 1967
†Theelia zawidzkae Kozur and Mock 1972
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-06-23 02:35:55
Modified: 2009-10-09 11:59:34
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Arkadiev and Bugrova 1999, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Pennsylvanian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 315.20000 to 15.98000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 307.0 Ma

Collections (97 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pennsylvanian315.2 - 307.0USA (Kentucky) Theelia hexacneme (97880)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy Theelia mesopermiana (97875)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Iran Theelia alveata, Theelia dzhulfaensis, Theelia monicae, Theelia praeacuta (75773)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Hungary Theelia dzulfaensis (61368)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Germany Theelia immissorbicula (39214) Theelia sp., Theelia undata, Theelia alta, Theelia serta (99830)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Italy Theelia pralongiae, Theelia multiplex (99833)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Türkiye Theelia andrusovi (98001) Theelia sp., Theelia immisorbicula (98012)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Austria Theelia immissorbicula, Theelia alta (99771) Theelia serta (99831) Theelia undata, Theelia immissorbicula, Theelia alta (99832)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Poland Theelia sp., Theelia undata, Theelia immissorbicula, Theelia serta, Theelia subcirculata (99844)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Austria Theelia zapfei, Theelia undata, Theelia immissorbicula (99797)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Türkiye Theelia consona, Theelia planata, Theelia immisorbicula (98000) Theelia immisorbicula (97999)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Türkiye Theelia multiradiata, Theelia undulata, Theelia planata, Theelia immisorbicula (98002)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Slovakia Theelia patinaformis, Theelia undata, Theelia pseudoplanata (99566)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0India (Uttar Pradesh) Theelia sp. (127663)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Italy Theelia serta, Theelia multiplex (99834)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Hungary Theelia undulata, Theelia doreckae, Theelia planata, Theelia immissorbicula (99503 99504)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0China (Guizhou) Theelia sp. (85165)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Slovakia Theelia koeveskalensis, Theelia lata, Theelia undata, Theelia immisorbicula, Theelia guembeli, Theelia liptovskaensis, Theelia trammeri (57037)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Theelia pralongiae, Theelia tubercula, Theelia serta (50983)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy (Belluno) Theelia multiplex (207478)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Hungary Theelia undulata, Theelia koeveskalensis, Theelia lata, Theelia planata, Theelia immissorbicula (99502)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Italy Theelia guembeli (50981) Theelia pralongiae (50985 50987) Theelia pralongiae, Theelia serta (50982)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Thailand Theelia sp. (34566)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Austria Theelia anguinea, Theelia latimarginata (99799)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 205.7Slovenia Theelia rosetta, Theelia koeveskalensis, Theelia lata, Theelia immisorbicula, Theelia norica, Theelia praenorica, Theelia pseudoplanata, Theelia variabilis, Theelia zawidzkae (57026)
Lacian227.3 - 215.38Slovakia Theelia immissorbicula, Theelia norica, Theelia petasiformis, Theelia pseudoplanata (99561)
Alaunian - Sevatian215.38 - 205.7Slovakia Theelia immissorbicula, Theelia variabilis, Theelia zawidzkae (99565)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Serbia Theelia variabilis (221271)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Slovakia Theelia immissorbicula, Theelia norica (99558) Theelia immissorbicula, Theelia norica, Theelia petasiformis, Theelia zawidzkae (99563) Theelia immissorbicula, Theelia petasiformis, Theelia praenorica, Theelia praeseniradiata, Theelia variabilis, Theelia zawidzkae (99562) Theelia kristanae, Theelia immissorbicula, Theelia petasiformis (100087) Theelia variabilis, Theelia stellifera, Theelia heptalampra (99568)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Austria (Niederösterreich) Theelia conglobata, Theelia fissa (85008)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Slovakia Theelia corbula, Theelia sp., Theelia variabilis, Theelia stellifera (85059) Theelia rosetta (49455) Theelia rosetta, Theelia variabilis, Theelia heptalampra (100088)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Austria Theelia rosetta, Theelia variabilis, Theelia heptalampra (100105) Theelia sp. (36801 36807)
Liasicus201.4 - 199.5Austria Theelia immissorbicula, Theelia variabilis, Theelia stellifera (227857) Theelia immissorbicula, Theelia variabilis, Theelia stellifera, Theelia florida, Theelia liassica, Theelia loferensis, Theelia multiundulata (227858)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9United Kingdom (England) Theelia convexa, Theelia synapta (41623 41626) Theelia synapta (41624 41625)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2France (Basse-Normandie) Chiridotites mortenseni, Chiridotites crassidentatus (93533)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9France (Basse-Normandie) Chiridotites mortenseni, Chiridotites crassidentatus (93534)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Egypt Theelia sinaiensis (99485)
Late/Upper Bajocian168.6 - 168.2Poland Theelia dentata (97974)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Egypt Theelia sinaiensis (99487)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Jordan Theelia convexa (94009 94010)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Poland Theelia heptalampra (97976)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Poland Theelia sp. (141291)
Middle Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Poland Theelia heptalampra (63077 97977) Theelia sp. (141265 141268 141269 141270 141276 141277 141280 141294 141295 141297 141300 141301 141302 141303)
Middle Bathonian - Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Poland Theelia sp. (141283) Theelia sp., Theelia dentata (141284)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Germany (Brandenburg) Chiridotidae indet. (32016)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland Theelia sp. (58568)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8United Kingdom (England) Theelia convexa (94459 94461 94462 94465 94466)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Basse Normandie) Chiridotites speciosus (94628)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Poland Theelia heptalampra (78599)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Poland Theelia wartensis (78619)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Austria Theelia staurolithensis (100032)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Jordan Theelia venusta (97884)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Poland Theelia kutscheri (97983)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France Chirodota undulata (94590)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Chile Chiridotidae indet. (46977)