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
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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