Holothuroidea - Priscopedatidae
Alternative combination: Priscopedatus bartensteini
Synonyms: Priscopedatus acanthicus Mostler 1968, Priscopedatus staurocumitoides Mostler 1968
Full reference: M. Deflandre-Rigaud. 1952. Contribution à la connaissance des sclérites d'holothurides fossiles. Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique de Monaco 1012:1-15
Belongs to Staurocumites according to P. M. Gilliland 1992
See also Deflandre-Rigaud 1952, Deflandre-Rigaud 1962, Kozur and Mock 1972, Kozur and Mostler 1971, Kozur and Mostler 1989, Mostler 1968, Speckmann 1968 and Zawidzka 1971
Sister taxa: Staurocumites horridus, Staurocumites tetraporatus
Ecology: shallow infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Germany (1 collection)
• Jurassic of France (1), the United Kingdom (3)
• Triassic of Austria (1), Germany (1), Hungary (3), Poland (1), Slovakia (5), Slovenia (1)
Total: 17 collections including 21 occurrences
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