Rhabdotites

Rhabdotites
Temporal range: Triassic
Scientific classification Edit this 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. 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.

References

  1. ↑ Krystyna Zawidzka (1971). "Triassic holothurian sclerites from Tatra Mountains" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 16 (4): 429–450.
  2. ↑ Garbowska, Jadwiga; Wierzbowski, Andrzej (1967). "Some Holothurian sclerites from the Polish Jurassic" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 12 (4): 523–541.