Biology:Stichopites

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Short description: Extinct genus of sea cucumbers

Stichopites
Temporal range:
Middle Triassic to Late Jurassic
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Subphylum: Echinozoa
Class: Holothuroidea
Family: Stichopitidae
Genus: Stichopites
Deflandre and Deflandre-Rigaud, 1948
Type species
Stichopites mortenseni
Deflandre-Rigaud, 1952[1]
Synonyms

Prostichopus Frentzen 1964

Stichopites is an extinct genus of sea cucumbers which existed during the Anisian age of the Middle Triassic to the Kimmeridgian age of the Late Jurassic (approximately 245.0 to 150.8 million years ago).[2] The type species is Stichopites mortenseni. Fossils of Stichopites have been recovered in Poland , France , and Egypt.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7616184 entry