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Septapedatus

Holothuroidea - Priscopedatidae

Taxonomy
Septapedatus was named by Sadeddin and Al-Tamimi (2006). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Septapedatus palestiniensis.

It was assigned to Priscopedatidae by Sadeddin and Al-Tamimi (2006).

Species
S. palestiniensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Septapedatus Sadeddin and Al-Tamimi p. 2429

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classHolothuroidea()
familyPriscopedatidae
genusSeptapedatus

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. †Septapedatus Sadeddin and Al-Tamimi 2006
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Septapedatus palestiniensis Sadeddin and Al-Tamimi 2006
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 Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Early/Lower Turonian or 99.60000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Jordan S. palestiniensis (97883)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Jordan S. palestiniensis (97884)