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Australaster giganteus

Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Palaeasteridae

Taxonomy
Palaeaster (Monaster) giganteus was named by Etheridge (1892). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Ravensfield Quarry, near Farley (MM collection), which is in an Artinskian marine sandstone in the Farley Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Australaster.

It was recombined as Australaster giganteus by Schuchert (1915).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Palaeaster (Monaster) giganteus Etheridge Jr.
1915Australaster giganteus Schuchert p. 73

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
orderHadrosida
familyPalaeasteridae
genusAustralaster
speciesgiganteus()

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.

†Australaster giganteus Etheridge Jr. 1892
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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: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Australia (New South Wales) Palaeaster giganteus (132321)