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Proturina

Stenuroidea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Proturina Spencer and Wright p. U78
2001Proturina Boczarowski p. 8
2013Proturina Blake p. 367

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classStenuroidea()
suborderProturina
suborderProturina

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.

Subor. †Proturina Spencer and Wright 1966
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Fm. †Bdellacomidae Spencer and Wright 1966
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G. †Bdellacoma Salter 1857
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Bdellacoma vermiformis Salter 1857
Fm. †Eophiuridae Schöndorf 1910
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G. †Eophiura Jaekel 1903
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Eophiura bohemica Schuchert 1915
Eophiura petaloides Jaekel 1923
G. †Haughtonaster Rilett 1971
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Haughtonaster reedi Rilett 1971
G. †Palaeura Jaekel 1903
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Palaeura neglecta Schuchert 1915
G. †Pradesura Spencer 1951
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Pradesura jacobi Thoral 1935
Fm. †Pradesuridae Spencer 1951
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G. †Erinaceaster Lehmann 1957
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G. †Stuertzura Gregory 1897
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Sturtzura brisingoides Gregory 1889
Sturtzura leptosomoides Chapman 1907
Fm. †Rhopalocomidae Spencer and Wright 1966
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G. †Archophiactis Spencer 1927
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Archophiactis grayae Spencer 1927
G. †Rhopalocoma Salter 1857
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Rhopalocoma pyrotechnica Salter 1857
G. †Tribulosaster Dean Shackleton 2005
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Tribulosaster grayae Dean Shackleton 2005
Invalid names: Acinetasteridae Kesling 1982 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: actively mobilesubp
Life habit: epifaunalsubp
Diet: carnivoresubp
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-09-21 12:38:42
Modified: 2009-09-21 14:38:42
Source: subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Tremadocian to the top of the Early/Lower Emsian or 486.85000 to 399.50000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Palaeura jacobi (101705)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0France (Montagne Noire) Palaeura sp., Palaeura jacobi (20828)
Sarka469.4 - 463.3Czechia Eophiura bohemica (3857)
Oretanian468.0 - 461.0Spain (Toledo) Palaeura sp. (20898)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (Scotland) Tribulosaster grayae (73134)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7United Kingdom Bdellacoma sp. (68060)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7United Kingdom Rhopalocoma pyrotechnica (99394)
Leintwardine421.3 - 419.62United Kingdom Rhopalocoma pyrotechnica, Bdellocoma vermiformis (95143)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Germany Erinaceaster tenuispinosus (26904)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47South Africa Haughtonaster reedi (35578 35582)
Emsian - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95South Africa Haughtonaster reedi (39146)