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Mercedescaudina

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4877417https://www.gbif.org/species/4877417
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)31277https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=31277
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Holothuroidea : Elasipodida : Mercedescaudina
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Holothuroidea : Dendrochirotida : Cucumariidae : Mercedescaudina
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
orderDendrochirotidaGrube 1840
familyCucumariidae
subfamilyStaurocaudininaeBoczarowski 2001
genusMercedescaudinaSchallreuter 1975
Scientific NameMercedescaudina Schallreuter, 1975
Name Published InNeues Jb. Geol. Palaont. Mh. 1975
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Mercedescaudinagenusbelongs to Protocaudinidaestated without evidenceSchallreuter, 1975
Mercedescaudinagenusbelongs to Staurocaudininaestated without evidenceBoczarowski, 2001
Mercedescaudinagenusbelongs to Elasipodidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
First Recorded Appearance450 - 444 Ma
Paleozoic
Last Recorded Appearance388 - 384 Ma
Middle Devonian
Environmentmarine (based on Dendrochirotida)
Motilitystationary (based on Dendrochirotida)
Visionblind (based on Holothuroidea)
Dietsuspension feeder, detritivore (based on Dendrochirotida)
Reproductiondispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata)
Ontogenyaccretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata)
Taphonomyhigh Mg calcite (based on Dendrochirotida)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. Schallreuter. 1975. Ein neuer ordovizischer Holothuriensklerit aus Öjlemyrgeschieben der Insel Gotland. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte 1975(12):727-733

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Mercedescaudina langeri
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
11408 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
388 Ma
Middle Devonian
Mercedescaudina mostleri
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1450 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
450 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Mercedescaudina triperforata
species
listed (PBDB)
Protocaudina triperforata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1975Mercedescaudina Schallreuter p. 728
2001Mercedescaudina Boczarowski p. 133
2002Mercedescaudina Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Schallreuter R. (1975) Ein neuer ordovizischer Holothuriensklerit aus Öjlemyrgeschieben der Insel Gotland, Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte 1975 12, 727-733
Boczarowski A. (2001) Isolated sclerites of Devonian nonpelmatozoan echinoderms, Palaeontologia Polonica 59, 3-220
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
Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Neues Jb. Geol. Palaont. Mh. 1975 - 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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