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Hystrigaster horridus

Stenuroidea

Taxonomy
Hystrigaster horridus was named by Lehmann (1957). Its type specimen is Holotype GL 248, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Hystrigaster.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Hystrigaster horridus Lehmann pp. 152-154 figs. pl. 52-55

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
classStenuroidea()
genusHystrigaster
specieshorridus

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.

†Hystrigaster horridus Lehmann 1957
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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: Aberhan 1992, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Early/Lower Emsian or 410.62000 to 399.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Germany Hystrigaster horridus (26904)