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Tylasteria jurensis

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy
Asterias jurensis was named by Goldfuss (1833). It is not extant. Its type specimen is not located.

It was recombined as Astrogonium jurense by Fritel (1902); it was considered a nomen dubium by Hess (1955); it was recombined as Tylasteria jurensis by Spencer and Wright (1966), Breton (1992) and Gale (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Asterias jurensis Goldfuss pp. 194-195 figs. pl. 63, fig. 6a-f
1858Asterias jurensis Quenstedt p. 747 figs. pl. 88, fig. 53-59
1867Asterias jurensis Quenstedt p. 709
1876Asterias jurensis Quenstedt p. 46 figs. pl. 91, fig. 131-134, 137, 145-148, 150
1902Astrogonium jurense Fritel p. 79
1907Asterias jurensis Spencer p. 108
1910Asterias jurensis Fraas p. 132 figs. pl. 28, fig. 11
1966Tylasteria jurensis Spencer and Wright p. U63 figs. fig. 55.1
1992Tylasteria jurensis Breton pp. 260-261
2011Tylasteria jurensis Gale p. 77 figs. Figs. 7a–h, 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderValvatida
familyGoniasteridae
genusTylasteria
speciesjurensis()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tylasteria jurensis Goldfuss 1833
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitef
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterf
Dispersal 2: planktonicf
Created: 2007-10-02 04:01:50
Modified: 2007-10-02 06:05:14
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Blake 1990

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 161.20000 to 150.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland Tylasteria jurensis (62046)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Tylasteria jurensis (61724)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Tylasteria jurensis (154138)