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Extinct genus of sea cucumbers From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
Stichopites Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification | |
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 |
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