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Schuchertia ordinaria

Asteroidea - Euaxosida - Palasterinidae

Taxonomy
Schuchertia ordinaria was named by Schuchert (1915). Its type specimen is Holotype 10992, University of Chicago and is not a trace fossil.

Entered
by L. Villier on 2008-07-19

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Schuchertia ordinaria Schuchert p. 199
1922Schuchertia ordinaria Spencer p. 215
1965Schuchertia ordinaria Owen p. 564

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
orderEuaxosida
familyPalasterinidae
genusSchuchertia
speciesordinaria

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.

Schuchertia ordinaria Schuchert 1915
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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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available