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Kuehnitidae ✝
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Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Holothuroidea : Kuehnitidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 247 - 242 Ma Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 209 - 201 Ma Mesozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Holothuroidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Holothuroidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | detritivore (based on Holothuroidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reproduction | dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ontogeny | accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | H. Mostler. 1968. Holothurien-Sklerite aus oberanisischen Hallstätterkalken (Ostalpen, Bosnien, Türkei). Veröffentlichungen der Universität Innsbruck 2:5-45 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Kuehnites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 20 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1968 | Kuehnitidae Mostler p. 24 |
1972 | Kuehnitidae Mostler p. 22 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!