Holothuroidea - Dendrochirotida
Synonym: Cucumariopsis Frentzen 1964
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
Parent taxon: Dendrochirotida according to P. M. Gilliland 1992
See also Deflandre-Rigaud 1952, Deflandre-Rigaud 1962, Frizzell and Exline 1966, Mostler 1968, Mostler 1972, Pawson 1966, Sepkoski 2002 and Soodan and Whatley 1990
Sister taxa: Andenothyone, Calclamnidae, Cucumariidae, Heterothyonidae, Phyllophoridae, Placothuriidae, Priscoligula, Priscopedatoides, Pseudostaurocumites, Psolidae, Schlumbergeritidae, Sclerodactylidae
Subtaxa: Binoculites barnardi Binoculites inclinatus Binoculites issleri Binoculites jurassica Binoculites multiperforata Binoculites perforatus Binoculites terquemi Binoculites tornatus
Type: Binoculites terquemi
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-detritivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (4 collections), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (4)
• Triassic of Austria (3), Germany (1), Poland (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Slovakia (2), Slovenia (1), Turkey (1)
Total: 19 collections including 28 occurrences
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