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Molpadiidae
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Holothuroidea : Molpadiida : Molpadiidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 3 (19%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 237 - 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary (based on Molpadiida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Holothuroidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | deposit feeder (based on Molpadiida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reproduction | dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ontogeny | accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Molpadiida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. Müller. 1850. Anatomische Studien über die Echinodermen. Archiv für Anatomie und Physiologie 1850:129-155 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Calcligula genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 13 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Molpadia genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Rat-tailed Sea Cucumber | 0 Ma Extant | ||
| Priscolongatus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 33.9 Ma Oligocene |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1850 | Molpadiidae Müller |
| 1966 | Molpadiidae Pawson p. U645 |
| 1993 | Molpadiidae Gilliland p. 136 |
| 1995 | Molpadiidae Rowe and Gates p. 308 |
| 2001 | Molpadiidae Kerr and Kim p. 78 |
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!
