Stichopites

Stichopites; Temporal range: ; Middle Triassic to Late Jurassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Subphylum:	Echinozoa
Class:	Holothuroidea
Family:	†
Genus:	†Stichopites; Deflandre and Deflandre-Rigaud, 1948
Type species
	Stichopites mortenseni; Deflandre-Rigaud, 1952
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[]

^ ^a ^b "Stichopites". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved June 23, 2011.
^ Triassic Holothurian Sclerites from Tatra Mountains Krystyna Zawidzka.

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[paelodb-1] "Stichopites". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved June 23, 2011.

[2] Triassic Holothurian Sclerites from Tatra Mountains Krystyna Zawidzka.

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