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Urasterella gutterfordensis

Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Urasterellidae

Taxonomy
Urasterella gutterfordensis was named by Spencer (1918). Its type specimen is Holotype R.S.M. 1887, 32 455A and is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Ulrichaster gutterfordensis by Spencer (1950) and Owen (1965).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Urasterella gutterfordensis Spencer pp. 144-146 figs. pl. 10 figs. 2, 3
1950Ulrichaster gutterfordensis Spencer
1965Ulrichaster gutterfordensis Owen p. 566

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
orderHadrosida
familyUrasterellidae
genusUrasterella
speciesgutterfordensis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitef
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Grouping: solitaryf
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Reproduction: oviparousf
Dispersal: waterf
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-09-08 02:28:25
Modified: 2009-09-08 04:28:25
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Blake and Rozhnov 2007

Age range: Telychian or 438.50000 to 433.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Telychian438.5 - 433.4United Kingdom Urasterella gutterfordensis (99373 224104)