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Stuertzaster tenuispinosus

Stenuroidea - Pradesuridae

Taxonomy
Erinaceaster tenuispinosus was named by Lehmann (1957). Its type specimen is Holotype G.L. 152, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Stuertzaster tenuispinosus by Spencer and Wright (1966); it was misspelled as Eriniceaster tenuispinosus by Blake (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Erinaceaster tenuispinosus Lehmann pp. 20-21 figs. pl. 1 figs. 1-4
1966Stuertzaster tenuispinosus Spencer and Wright
2013Eriniceaster tenuispinosus Blake p. 367

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Asterozoa()
classStenuroidea()
suborderProturina
familyPradesuridae
genusStuertzaster
speciestenuispinosus()

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
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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

Age range: Early/Lower Emsian or 409.10000 to 402.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Germany Erinaceaster tenuispinosus (26904)