Protocaudina Croneis and McCormack 1932

Ophiocistioidea - Rotasacciidae

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

Parent taxon: Rotasacciidae according to A. Boczarowski 2001

See also Deflandre-Rigaud 1952, Deflandre-Rigaud 1962, Frizzell and Exline 1966, Mostler and Rahimi-Yazd 1976, Reich 1995, Sepkoski 2002, Soodan and Whatley 1988 and Summerson and Campbell 1958

Sister taxa: Erisserra, Longiserra, Microantyx, Ornatoserra, Pararotasaccus, Rotasaccus

Subtaxa: Protocaudina botoni Protocaudina dorsetensis Protocaudina dulcis Protocaudina herrigi Protocaudina mortenseni Protocaudina paucispinosa

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Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Germany (1 collection)

• Jurassic of France (1)

• Triassic of Slovenia (1)

• Permian of Iran (1), United States (1: Texas)

• Virgilian of United States (1: Nebraska)

• Mississippian of Afghanistan (1)

• Carboniferous of Japan (1), United States (6: Indiana, Missouri, Montana)

• Devonian of Poland (4)

Total: 18 collections including 19 occurrences

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