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Acinetaster konieckii

Stenuroidea

Taxonomy
Acinetaster konieckii was named by Kesling (1982). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Holotype UMMP 64833. Its type locality is Acinetaster collection, Arkona Shale, Ausable River, which is in a Devonian marine limestone in the Arkona Shale Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Acinetaster.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Acinetaster konieckii Kesling pp. 74-76 figs. figs. 1-8; pl. 1 figs. 1-3; pl. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
classStenuroidea()
genusAcinetaster
specieskonieckii

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.

†Acinetaster konieckii Kesling 1982
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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: Middle Devonian or 393.47000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Devonian393.47 - 382.31Canada (Ontario) Acinetaster konieckii (type locality: 193692)