Calcancora

Calcancora is an extinct genus of sea cucumber which existed in Poland during the Triassic period, Germany during the upper Jurassic period, France, Brazil, and the United States during the Paleogene period, and Austria during the Tortonian period.[1] The type species is Calcancora mississippiensis.

Calcancora
Temporal range: Anisian–Tortonian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Holothuroidea
Order: Apodida
Family: †Calcancoridae
Frizzell & Exline, 1955
Genus: †Calcancora
Frizzell & Exline, 1955
Type species
†Calcancora mississippiensis
Species
  • †C. mississippiensis
  • †C. pomerania
  • †C. venusta

References
  1. Triassic Holothurian Sclerites from Tatra Mountains Krystyna Zawidzka.


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