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Chiridotitidae

Holothuroidea - Chiridotitidae

Taxonomy
Chiridotitesidae was named by Deflandre-Rigaud (1957). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Chiridotites.

It was corrected as Chiridotitidae by Deflandre-Rigaud (1962).

It was assigned to Holothuroidea by Deflandre-Rigaud (1957) and Deflandre-Rigaud (1962).

Subtaxa
Chiridotites (type genus), Myriotrochites

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Chiridotitesidae Deflandre-Rigaud
1962Chiridotitidae Deflandre-Rigaud p. 91

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

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. †Chiridotitidae Deflandre-Rigaud 1957
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G. †Chiridotites Deflandre and Deflandre-Rigaud 1948
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†Chiridotites angulatus Deflandre-Rigaud 1950
†Chiridotites atavus Waagen 1867
†Chiridotites clavatus Deflandre-Rigaud 1950
†Chiridotites curriculum Schlumberger 1890
†Chiridotites floridus Terquem and Berthelin 1875
†Chiridotites ingens Joshua 1914
†Chiridotites lanceolatus Schlumberger 1890
†Chiridotites terquemi Deflandre-Rigaud 1950
†Chiridotites vetustus Schwager 1865
G. †Myriotrochites Deflandre and Deflandre-Rigaud 1948
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†Myriotrochites gracillimus Whidborne 1883
†Myriotrochites helveticus Kübler and Zwingli 1870
†Myriotrochites operculum Schlumberger 1890
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: base of the Middle Toarcian to the top of the Rupelian or 182.00000 to 28.10000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Toarcian182.0 - 175.6France (Basse-Normandie) Chiridotites vetustus (93535)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France (Basse Normandie) Chiridotites atavus, Chiridotites vetustus, Myriotrochites operculum, Myriotrochites gracillimus (94628)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France Chirodota lanceolata, Myriotrochus operculum (94590)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany (Holstein) Myriotrochites mirabilis, Myriotrochites undosus (93722)