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Pegaster stichos

Asteroidea - Asteriidae

Taxonomy
Pegaster stichos was named by Blake and Peterson (1993). Its type specimen is Holotype USNM 461303 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Asteroidea, Ten Mile Mb., Big Chico Creek, which is in a Campanian deltaic sandstone in the Chico Formation of California. It is the type species of Pegaster.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Pegaster stichos Blake and Peterson pp. 588-589 figs. figs. 1.1-1.6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderSurculifera
Tripedicellaria
Forcipulatida()
familyAsteriidae
genusPegaster
speciesstichos

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.

Pegaster stichos Blake and Peterson 1993
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. B. Blake and D.S. Peterson 1993Same as genus, by monotypy.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-28 17:11:12
Modified: 2009-10-10 10:38:25
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (California) Pegaster stichos (type locality: 59865)