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Astropectininae

Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae

Taxonomy
Astropectininae was named by Gray (1840). It is extant. Its type is Astropecten.

It was assigned to Astropectinidae by Sladen (1889), Spencer and Wright (1966).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Astropectininae Gray p. 180
1889Astropectininae Sladen p. 175
1966Astropectininae Spencer and Wright p. U45

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderPaxillosida
familyAstropectinidae
subfamilyAstropectininae
subfamilyAstropectininae

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.

Subfm. Astropectininae Gray 1840
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G. †Lambertella Mercier 1935
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†Lambertella valetti Mercier 1935
G. †Lophidiaster Spencer 1913
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†Lophidiaster concavus Rasmussen 1972
†Lophidiaster haunsbergensis Rasmussen 1972
†Lophidiaster hawkinsi Mercier 1935
†Lophidiaster inversus Rasmussen 1972
†Lophidiaster ornatus Spencer 1913
†Lophidiaster postornatus Rasmussen 1945
†Lophidiaster punctatus Brünnich-Nielsen 1943
†Lophidiaster pygmaeus Spencer 1913
†Lophidiaster silentiensis McLearn 1944
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitef
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Grouping: solitaryf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Reproduction: oviparousf
Dispersal: waterf
Dispersal 2: planktonicf
Created: 2007-10-02 03:56:56
Modified: 2009-10-10 10:31:00
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Blake 1990, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Bathonian to the top of the Ypresian or 168.20000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France Lambertella valetti, Lophidiaster hawkinsi (72284)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Germany (Brandenburg) Lophidiaster sp. (32016)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2United Kingdom (England) Lophidiaster sp. (1747)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1United Kingdom (England) Lophidiaster ornatus (1782)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Canada (Alberta) Lophidiaster silentiensis (99351)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Lophidiaster sp. (59619)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8France Lophidiaster sp. (59620)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7France Lophidiaster sp. (59650)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian89.8 - 83.6France Lophidiaster ornatus (59675) Lophidiaster sp. (59659)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6France Lophidiaster sp. (59677)
Middle Santonian - Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6France Lophidiaster ornatus (59652)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Belgium (Liege) Lophidiaster pygmaeus (32147)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Lophidiaster pygmaeus (32022)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) Lophidiaster pygmaeus (32148 32151 32158)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) Lophidiaster pygmaeus (32159)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) Lophidiaster pygmaeus (32153 32156 32172)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands Lophidiaster pygmaeus (32179)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands Lophidiaster pygmaeus (32162)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Netherlands (Limburg) Lophidiaster punctatus (32170)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Denmark Lophidiaster pygmaeus (89866)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Lophidiaster concavus (76601)