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Calcancoridae

Holothuroidea - Apodida - Calcancoridae

Taxonomy
Calcancoridae was named by Frizzell and Exline (1955). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Holothuroidea by Frizzell and Exline (1955) and Deflandre-Rigaud (1962); and to Apodida by Pawson (1966) and Frizzell and Exline (1966).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Calcancoridae Frizzell and Exline
1962Calcancoridae Deflandre-Rigaud p. 88
1966Calcancoridae Frizzell and Exline p. U645
1966Calcancoridae Pawson p. U645

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

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. †Calcancoridae Frizzell and Exline 1955
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G. †Calcancoroidea Frizzell and Exline 1955
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Calcancoroidea spandeli Frizzell and Exline 1955
G. †Costigerites Deflandre-Rigaud 1962
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Costigerites piveteaui Deflandre-Rigaud 1962
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 et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Oxfordian or 163.50000 to 157.30000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 157.3 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France (Basse Normandie) Costigerites piveteaui (94628)