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Taeniaster ibericus
Taxonomy
Taeniaster ibericus was named by Hammann and Schmincke (1986). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Museum of the Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Madrid, Holotype S 587/2, par. Its type locality is Locality Al V, Fontanosas, which is in a Dobrotivian offshore mudstone in the Pizarras Guindo Formation of Spain.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1986 | Taeniaster ibericus Hammann and Schmincke pp. 62-71 figs. 4-10 |
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†Taeniaster ibericus Hammann and Schmincke 1986
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| W. Hammann and S. Schmincke 1986 | A species of Taeniaster with the following characteristics. Disc: Marginal plates not present. Arms: Saddle-shaped dorsal surface of ambulacrals smooth. Boot-shaped ventral part of ambulacral with slender articulating nose; ratio length/width growing in distal direction from 0.8 to 3.6. Subcircular depression at ankle of boot not present. Shaft of boot without radial depression. Three vertical spines, slender, grooved. Six tighty arranged groove spines not expanded distally. |
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992 | |||||
Age range: Dobrotivian or 459.00000 to 457.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Dobrotivian | Spain | Taeniaster ibericus (type locality: 93271) |