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Mesopalaeaster primus

Asteroidea - Euaxosida - Mesopalaeasteridae

Taxonomy
Mesopalaeaster primus was named by Spencer (1916). Its type specimen is Lectotype BMNH E52441a,b and is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. lancolatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Mesopalaeaster primus Spencer pp. 84-87 figs. txt-figs. 44, 45, pl. 2 fig. 2, pl. 3 fig. 8
1965Mesopalaeaster primus Owen p. 568

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
orderEuaxosida
familyMesopalaeasteridae
genusMesopalaeaster
speciesprimus

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.

†Mesopalaeaster primus Spencer 1916
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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: Rawtheyan or 448.80000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (Scotland) Mesopalaeaster primus (73134)