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Eocaudina
Description | Eocaudina is an extinct genus of sea cucumbers which existed in Poland during the Triassic period. It contains the species Eocaudina septaforaminalis and Eocaudina subhexagona. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eocaudina, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Holothuroidea : Dendrochirotida : Calclamnidae : Eocaudina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Holothuroidea : Dendrochirotida : Calclamnidae : Eocaudina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Eocaudina Martin, 1952 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | J. Paleont., 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 32 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 9 (28%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 408 - 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Dendrochirotida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary (based on Dendrochirotida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Holothuroidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder, detritivore (based on Dendrochirotida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reproduction | dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ontogeny | accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Dendrochirotida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | W. R. Martin. 1952. Holothuroidea of the Iowa Devonian. Journal of Paleontology 26(5):728-729 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eocaudina |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Eocaudina acanthica ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Eocaudina angulata species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Eocaudina bombayensis species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Eocaudina cassianensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 11 | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Eocaudina circularia species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Eocaudina columcanthus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Eocaudina concentrica ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 380 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 380 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Eocaudina crassa ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Eocaudina gornensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 382 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 382 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Eocaudina gowdai species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Eocaudina gutschicki ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 315 Ma Carboniferous | |
Eocaudina hexagona ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Eocaudina hexagona species | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Eocaudina indica species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Eocaudina insolica ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Eocaudina jaffari species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Eocaudina liassica ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Eocaudina liptovskaensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Eocaudina longa ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Eocaudina marginata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | |
Eocaudina mccormacki ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 265 Ma Permian | |
Eocaudina mostleri ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Eocaudina ovalis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 382 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 380 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Eocaudina patella ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | |
Eocaudina pentagona species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Eocaudina plaga ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 403 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Eocaudina ramosa ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Eocaudina rimosa ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Eocaudina septaforaminalis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 18 | 408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
Eocaudina subhexagona ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 9 | 380 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | |
Eocaudina subquadrata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
Thuroholia marginata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1952 | Eocaudina Martin p. 728 |
1958 | Eocaudina Said and Barakat p. 267 figs. pl. 6 fig. 19, 20 |
1962 | Eocaudina Deflandre-Rigaud p. 99 |
1966 | Eocaudina Frizzell and Exline p. U664 |
1967 | Eocaudina Gutschick et al. p. 1466 |
1968 | Eocaudina Speckmann p. 200 figs. Fig. 2.4, 2.5 |
1971 | Eocaudina Kozur and Mostler p. 27 |
1971 | Eocaudina Mostler p. 7 |
1971 | Eocaudina Zawidzka p. 433 |
1972 | Eocaudina Mostler p. 17 |
Year | Name and Author |
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1976 | Eocaudina Mostler and Rahimi-Yazd p. 10 |
1977 | Eocaudina Wernlund p. 50 |
1986 | Eocaudina Soodan p. 64 |
1989 | Eocaudina Kozur and Mostler p. 680 |
1991 | Eocaudina Soodan p. 3 |
2001 | Eocaudina Boczarowski p. 135 |
2002 | Eocaudina Kalita et al. p. 141 |
2002 | Eocaudina Sepkoski, Jr. |
2008 | Eocaudina Al-Tamimi and Saqqa p. 87 |
2010 | Eocaudina Bohaty and Herbig p. 380 |
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!