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Cholasteridae (disused)

Streptophiurae - Cholasteridae

Taxonomy
Cholasteridae was named by Worthen and Miller (1883). Its type is Cholaster.

It was assigned to Streptophiurae by Schuchert (1915).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Cholasteridae Worthen and Miller p. 328
1915Cholasteridae Schuchert p. 265

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
subclassAuluroidea
orderStreptophiurae
familyCholasteridae
familyCholasteridae

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.

Fm. †Cholasteridae Worthen and Miller 1883
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: actively mobilesubp
Life habit: epifaunalsubp
Diet: carnivoresubp
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-09-21 12:38:42
Modified: 2009-09-21 14:38:42
Source: subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Aberhan 1992
Collections
No collection or age range data are available