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Sclerothurites

Holothuroidea

Taxonomy
Sclerothurites was named by Deflandre-Rigaud (1962). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Sclerothurites clypeus.

It was assigned to Holothuroidea by Deflandre-Rigaud (1962), Frizzell and Exline (1966) and Sepkoski (2002).

Species
S. clypeus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Sclerothurites Deflandre-Rigaud p. 102
1966Sclerothurites Frizzell and Exline p. U670
2002Sclerothupites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
RankNameAuthor
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classHolothuroidea()
genusSclerothurites

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. †Sclerothurites Deflandre-Rigaud 1962
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Sclerothurites clypeus Deflandre-Rigaud 1962
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: shallow infaunalc
Diet: detritivorec
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 11:09:31
Modified: 2010-02-11 06:36:04
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Oxfordian or 163.50000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


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