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Ulrichaster ulrichi

Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Urasterellidae

Taxonomy
Urasterella ulrichi was named by Schuchert (1915). Its type specimen is Holotype USNM 60612 and is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Ulrichaster.

It was recombined as Ulrichaster ulrichi by Owen (1965), Jell and Theron (1999), Blake (2018), Blake and Koniecki (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Urasterella ulrichi Schuchert pp. 183-185 figs. pl. 29 fig. 1, pl. 30 fig. 6, 7
1965Ulrichaster ulrichi Owen p. 566
1999Ulrichaster ulrichi Jell and Theron p. 155
2018Ulrichaster ulrichi Blake p. 37
2020Ulrichaster ulrichi Blake and Koniecki p. 14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
orderHadrosida
familyUrasterellidae
genusUlrichaster
speciesulrichi()

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.

Ulrichaster ulrichi Schuchert 1915
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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 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Blake and Rozhnov 2007

Age range: base of the Blackriveran to the top of the Rocklandian or 457.30000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Urasterella ulrichi (23431)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Urasterella ulrichi (23400)