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Chinianaster levyi

Somasteroidea - Chinianasteridae

Taxonomy
Chinianaster levyi was named by Thoral (1935). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Lectotype FSL 168691. Its type locality is Layer F, Saint-Chinian, Montagne Noire, which is in a Tremadocian deep subtidal shelf claystone/siltstone in the Saint-Chinian Formation of France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Chinianaster levyi Thoral
1951Chinianaster levyi Spencer p. 98 figs. 7, 8; pl. 2, fig. 32, 33; pl. 3, fig. 35
1965Chinianaster levyi Owen p. 543
1966Chinianaster levyi Spencer and Wright p. U39 figs. fig. 8.2, 13, 39.4
2005Chinianaster levyi Dean Shackleton p. 68 figs. figs 5, 12B; pl. 3 figs. 3, 4
2015Chinianaster levyi Blake and Guensburg p. 467

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
classSomasteroidea()
familyChinianasteridae
genusChinianaster
specieslevyi

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.

†Chinianaster levyi Thoral 1935
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Dean Shackleton 2005As for the genus, by monotypy
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobilesubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-29 11:47:54
Modified: 2004-02-29 13:47:54
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Spencer and Wright 1966, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Tremadocian to the top of the Floian or 486.85000 to 471.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Chinianaster levyi (type locality: 101705)
Floian477.1 - 471.3France (Montagne Noire) Chinianaster levyi (20827)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0France (Montagne Noire) Chinianaster levyi (20828)