Theelia
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Holothuroidea
Subclass: Paractinopoda
Order: Apodida
Family: Chiridotidae
Genus: Theelia
Schlumberger 1890
Type species
Chirodota undulata
Schlumberger, 1888[1]
Species[2]

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Synonyms
  • Chiridotites Deflandre-Rigaud, 1951

Theelia is an extinct genus of sea cucumbers that existed from 312 to 40.4 million years ago (Middle Pennsylvanian to the Lutetian age).[2][3]

Fossil sclerites of Theelia are found worldwide.[2]

Taxonomy

Numerous species are assigned to the genus Theelia, they include the following:[4][5]

  • Theelia alta Speckmann 1968
  • Theelia alveata Mostler and Rahimi-Yazd 1976
  • Theelia anguinea Mostler 1971
  • Theelia conglobata Mostler 1971
  • Theelia convexa Whidborne 1883
  • Theelia crassidentata Deflandre-Rigaud 1950
  • Theelia dentata Górka and Luszczewska 1969
  • Theelia doreckae Kozur and Mostler 1971
  • Theelia dzhulfaensis Mostler and Rahimi-Yazd 1976
  • Theelia fastigata Mostler 1972
  • Theelia fissa Mostler 1971
  • Theelia florida Frizzell and Exline 1955
  • Theelia guembeli Kristan-Tollmann 1963
  • Theelia heptalampra (Bartenstein, 1936)
  • Theelia hexacneme Summerson and Campbell 1958
  • Theelia immisorbicula Mostler 1968
  • Theelia koeveskalensis Kozur and Mostler 1971
  • Theelia kutscheri Reich, 2003
  • Theelia lanceolata (Schlumberger, 1890)
  • Theelia lata Kozur and Mostler 1971
  • Theelia latimarginata Mostler 1971
  • Theelia liptovskaensis Gazdzicki et al. 1978
  • Theelia mesopermiana Kozur and Mostler 1989
  • Theelia monicae Mostler and Rahimi-Yazd 1976
  • Theelia mortenseni (Deflandre-Rigaud, 1951)
  • Theelia multiplex Speckmann 1968
  • Theelia norica Mostler 1969
  • Theelia petasiformis Kristan-Tolmann 1964
  • Theelia planata Mostler 1968
  • Theelia polydenticulata Mostler and Parwin 1973
  • Theelia praeacuta Mostler and Rahimi-Yazd 1976
  • Theelia praenorica Kozur and Mock 1972
  • Theelia praeseniradiata Kozur and Mock 1972
  • Theelia pseudoplanata Kozur and Mock 1972
  • Theelia seniradiata Zankl 1966
  • Theelia serta Speckmann 1968
  • Theelia sinaiensis Said and Barakat 1958
  • Theelia speciosa (Deflandre-Rigaud, 1946)
  • Theelia staurolithensis Kristan-Tolmann 1972
  • Theelia stellifera Zankl 1966
  • Theelia synapta Gilliland 1992
  • Theelia teneromarginata Mostler 1971
  • Theelia terquemi (Deflandre-Rigaud, 1951)
  • Theelia trammeri Gazdzicki et al. 1978
  • Theelia undata Mostler 1968
  • Theelia undulata (Schlumberger, 1890)
  • Theelia variabilis Zankl 1966
  • Theelia wartensis Garbowska and Wierzbowski 1967
  • Theelia zawidzkae Kozur and Mock 1972

References

  1. Jadwiga Garbowska & Andrzrej Wierzbowski (1967). "Some holothurian sclerites from the Polish Jurassic" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences. 12 (4): 523–541. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 "Theelia". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
  3. Krystyna Zawidzka (1971). "Triassic holothurian sclerites from Tatra Mountains" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences. 16 (4): 429–450. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
  4. "Fossilworks: Theelia". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
  5. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Theelia Schlumberger, 1890 †". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2020-10-05.


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