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Aspidochirotida
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| Rank | order (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Holothuroidea : Aspidochirotida | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 41 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 3 (7.3%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 450 - 444 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Aspidochirotida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Aspidochirotida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Holothuroidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | deposit feeder, suspension feeder (based on Aspidochirotida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reproduction | dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ontogeny | accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Aspidochirotida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. F. Brandt. 1835. Prodromus descriptionis animalium ab H. Mertensio in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione observatorum. Animalia Mertensii. Petropoli, Lipsiae 1:1-75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Holothuriidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 21 | 314 Ma Carboniferous | 0 Ma Extant | |
 Stichopodidaefamily | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Synallactidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Bathysynactites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | |
| Collbatothuria ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | |
| Holothuropsis ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Ornaticannula ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Parvispina ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 299 Ma Carboniferous | 299 Ma Carboniferous |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1835 | Aspidochirotida Brandt |
| 1966 | Aspidochirotida Frizzell and Exline p. U654 |
| 1966 | Aspidochirotida Pawson p. U645 |
| 1993 | Aspidochirotida Gilliland p. 136 |
| 2001 | Aspidochirotida Boczarowski p. 151 |
| 2001 | Aspidochirotida Kerr and Kim p. 78 |
| 2002 | Aspidochirotida Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!
