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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Subphylum: | Echinozoa |
| Class: | Holothuroidea |
| Family: | †Stichopitidae |
| Genus: | †Stichopites Deflandre and Deflandre-Rigaud, 1948 |
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| Stichopites mortenseni Deflandre-Rigaud, 1952[1]
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Prostichopus Frentzen 1964 | |
References
edit- ^ a b "Stichopites". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved June 23, 2011.
- ^ Triassic Holothurian Sclerites from Tatra Mountains Krystyna Zawidzka.
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