Holothuroidea - Dendrochirotida - Calclamnidae
Alternative combination: Praecaudina subhexagona
Full reference: R. C. Gutschick, W. F. Canis, and K. G. Brill, Jr. 1967. Kinderhook (Mississippian) holothurian sclerites from Montana and Missouri. Journal of Paleontology 41(6):1461-1480
Belongs to Eocaudina according to A. Boczarowski 2001
See also Gazdzicki et al. 1978, Gutschick et al. 1967, Kozur and Mostler 1971, Wernlund 1977 and Zawidzka 1971
Sister taxa: Eocaudina acanthica, Eocaudina angulata, Eocaudina bombayensis, Eocaudina cassianensis, Eocaudina circularia, Eocaudina columcanthus, Eocaudina concentrica, Eocaudina crassa, Eocaudina gornensis, Eocaudina gowdai, Eocaudina gutschicki, Eocaudina hexagona, Eocaudina hexagona, Eocaudina indica, Eocaudina insolica, Eocaudina jaffari, Eocaudina liassica, Eocaudina liptovskaensis, Eocaudina longa, Eocaudina marginata, Eocaudina mccormacki, Eocaudina mostleri, Eocaudina ovalis, Eocaudina patella, Eocaudina pentagona, Eocaudina plaga, Eocaudina ramosa, Eocaudina rimosa, Eocaudina septaforaminalis, Eocaudina subquadrata, Eocaudina subrotunda
Type specimen: Holotype, UND 102; paratypes, UND 112-116; UMO E-45-18
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-detritivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Hungary (2 collections), Poland (1), Slovakia (1)
• Permian of United States (1: Texas)
• Carboniferous of United States (3: Missouri, Montana)
• Devonian of Poland (1)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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