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Ambigaster wandageensis

Asteroidea - Kermasida - Permasteridae

Taxonomy
Monaster wandageensis was named by Kesling (1969). It is not extant. Its type specimen is University of Western Australia, Holotype UWA 26992a. Its type locality is Wandagee stage, Minilya river, Carnavon basin, which is in a Kungurian marine siltstone in the Wandagee Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Ambigaster, Monaster.

It was recombined as Ambigaster wandageensis by Blake and Elliott (2003) and Blake (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Monaster wandageensis Kesling pp. 367-369 figs. figs. 1, 2; pl. 1 figs. 1, 2; pl. 3 figs
2003Ambigaster wandageensis Blake and Elliott p. 483
2018Ambigaster wandageensis Blake p. 47

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
orderKermasida
familyPermasteridaeBlake 2018
genusAmbigaster
specieswandageensis()

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.

Ambigaster wandageensis Kesling 1969
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 15:35:10
Modified: 2010-02-09 06:02:08
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Kungurian or 279.30000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Australia (Western Australia) Monaster wandageensis (type locality: 72211)