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Sclerothurites

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4877586https://www.gbif.org/species/4877586
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)162216https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=162216
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Holothuroidea : Sclerothurites
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Holothuroidea : Sclerothurites
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermataKlein 1754
classHolothuroidea
genusSclerothuritesDeflandre-Rigaud 1963
Scientific NameSclerothurites Deflandre-Rigaud, 1963
Name Published InMém. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat. Paris (C) 11
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Sclerothuritesgenusbelongs to Holothuroideastated without evidenceDeflandre-Rigaud, 1962
Sclerothuritesgenusbelongs to Holothuroideasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Sclerothuritesgenusmisspelling of Sclerothuritesstated with evidenceVillier, 2010
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance164 - 157 Ma
Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance164 - 157 Ma
Jurassic
Environmentmarine (based on Echinodermata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Holothuroidea)
Visionblind (based on Holothuroidea)
Dietdetritivore (based on Holothuroidea)
Reproductiondispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata)
Ontogenyaccretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata)
Taphonomyhigh Mg calcite (based on Echinodermata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)M. Deflandre-Rigaud. 1962. Contribution à la connaissance des sclérites d'holothurides fossiles. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Série C 11:1-123

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Sclerothurites clypeus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1164 Ma
Middle Jurassic
164 Ma
Middle Jurassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1962Sclerothurites Deflandre-Rigaud p. 102
1966Sclerothurites Frizzell and Exline p. U670
2002Sclerothupites Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Deflandre-Rigaud M. (1962) Contribution à la connaissance des sclérites d'holothurides fossiles, Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Série C 11, 1-123
Frizzell D. L., Exline H. (1966) Holothuroidea - Fossil Record, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part U. Echinodermata 3. The Geological Society of America and The University of Kansas Press 2, U646-U672
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Mém. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat. Paris (C) 11 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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!
 
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