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Staurocumites

Holothuroidea - Priscopedatidae

Taxonomy
Staurocumites was named by Deflandre-Rigaud (1952) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Anis-u J Oxfo-l Sepkoski's reference number: 2,687,988]. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was synonymized subjectively with Priscopedatus by Kozur and Mock (1972).

It was assigned to Dendrochirotida by Deflandre-Rigaud (1952); to Holothuroidea by Gilliland (1992); to Priscopedatidae by Deflandre-Rigaud (1962), Frizzell and Exline (1966), Speckmann (1968), Zawidzka (1971), Kozur and Mostler (1971), Kozur and Mostler (1989) and Krainer and Mostler (1997); and to Molpadiida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Staurocumites Deflandre-Rigaud p. 6
1962Staurocumites Deflandre-Rigaud p. 75
1966Staurocumites Frizzell and Exline p. U666
1968Staurocumites Speckmann p. 204
1971Staurocumites Kozur and Mostler p. 27
1971Staurocumites Zawidzka p. 435
1989Staurocumites Kozur and Mostler p. 680
1992Staurocumites Gilliland p. 196
1997Staurocumites Krainer and Mostler p. 15
2002Staurocumites Sepkoski

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

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. †Staurocumites Deflandre-Rigaud 1952
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Staurocumites bartensteini Deflandre-Rigaud 1952
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Invalid names: Priscopedatus acanthicus Mostler 1968 [synonym], Priscopedatus staurocumitoides Mostler 1968 [synonym]
Staurocumites horridus Mostler 1968
Staurocumites tetraporatus Kozur and Mostler 1989
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 Wordian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 268.80000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian268.8 - 265.1Italy S. tetraporatus (97875)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Germany S. bartensteini (99830)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Austria S. bartensteini (99832)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Poland S. bartensteini (99844)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Slovakia Priscopedatus acanthicus, Priscopedatus bartensteini, Priscopedatus horridus (99566)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Hungary Priscopedatus staurocumitoides, S. bartensteini (99503) S. bartensteini (99504)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Hungary Priscopedatus staurocumitoides, S. bartensteini (99502)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5Slovenia Priscopedatus staurocumitoides, Priscopedatus bartensteini (57026)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Slovakia Priscopedatus staurocumitoides (99561)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Slovakia Priscopedatus staurocumitoides (99558 99562 99563)
Liasicus201.3 - 196.5Austria S. horridus (227858)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8United Kingdom (England) S. bartensteini (41624 41625 41626)
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8France (Basse-Normandie) S. bartensteini (93454)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) S. sp., S. bartensteini (32022)