Paleochiridota terquemi Croneis and McCormack 1932 (sea cucumber)

Holothuroidea - Apodida - Myriotrochidae

Alternative combination: Palaeochiridota terquemi

Full reference: C. Croneis and J. McCormack. 1932. Fossil Holothuroidea. Journal of Paleontology 6(2):111-148

Belongs to Paleochiridota according to M. Deflandre-Rigaud 1962

See also Croneis and McCormack 1932 and Deflandre-Rigaud 1952

Sister taxa: Paleochiridota plummerae, Paleochiridota primaeva, Paleochiridota radiata, Paleochiridota robertsoni, Paleochiridota waylandensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is north of Crazy Hotel, Mineral Wells, which is in a Missourian marine shale in the Mineral Wells Formation of Texas

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at north of Crazy Hotel, Mineral Wells

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