Rhabdotites
| Rhabdotites Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Holothuroidea |
| Family: | †Stichopitidae |
| Genus: | †Rhabdotites Deflandre-Rigaud, 1952 |
Rhabdotites is an extinct genus of sea cucumbers which existed in Poland during the Triassic period.[1] It contains the species Rhabdotites mortenseni and Rhabdotites rectus. The genus is based on isolated sclerites, described as simple or branching rods with knobbed ends.[2]
References
- ^ Krystyna Zawidzka (1971). "Triassic holothurian sclerites from Tatra Mountains" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 16 (4): 429–450.
- ^ Garbowska, Jadwiga; Wierzbowski, Andrzej (1967). "Some Holothurian sclerites from the Polish Jurassic" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 12 (4): 523–541.