BETA TEST - Fossil data and pages are very much experimental and under development. Please report any problems
Chiridotitidae ✝
Source Data |
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Holothuroidea : Chiridotitidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 182 - 176 Ma Early Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 33.9 - 28.1 Ma Oligocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | M. Deflandre-Rigaud. 1957. Sur l'invalidité du genre Theelia Schlumb synonyme de Chiridotites Defl-Rig (sclérites d'holothuries fossiles). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 26:353-355 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chiridotites ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 182 Ma Early Jurassic | 47.8 Ma Eocene | |
Myriotrochites ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | 33.9 Ma Oligocene |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
---|---|
1957 | Chiridotitesidae Deflandre-Rigaud |
1962 | Chiridotitidae Deflandre-Rigaud p. 91 |
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!