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Stichopites

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subphylum
  
Echinozoa

Family
  
†Stichopitidae

Phylum
  
Echinodermata

Class
  
Holothuroidea

Rank
  
Genus

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). The type species is Stichopites mortenseni. Fossils of Stichopites have been recovered in Poland, France, and Egypt.

References

Stichopites Wikipedia