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Toxasteridae

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Toxasteridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Toxasteridae Lambert
1966Toxasteridae Fischer p. U551
2010Toxasteridae Kroh and Smith p. 173

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
familyToxasteridae
familyToxasteridae

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. †Toxasteridae Lambert 1920
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G. †Adytaster
G. †Aphelaster Lambert 1920
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†Douvillaster triangularis Sanchez Roig 1949
G. †Enallaster d'Orbigny 1853
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Enallaster texanus Roemer 1849
†Enallaster yuasensis Tanaka and Okubo 1954
G. †Enallopneustes Pomel 1883
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†Heteraster constrictus Fourtau 1921
†Heteraster oblongus Brogniart 1821
G. †Isaster
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†Isaster aquitanicus Grateloup 1836
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Invalid names: Epiaster aquitanicus dOrbigny 1853 [synonym], Ismidaster toulai Boehm 1927 [synonym]
†Isaster benguellensis de Loriol 1888
G. †Macraster Roemer 1888
G. †Polydesmaster Lambert 1920
G. †Toxaster Agassiz 1839
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†Toxaster retusus Lamarck 1816
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: shallow infaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Diet 2: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-28 12:18:10
Modified: 2009-10-08 16:32:56
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Berriasian to the top of the Danian or 141.00000 to 61.66000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 139.1 Ma

Collections (268 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Jurassic - Valanginian161.5 - 132.6Chile (Huasco) Heteraster sp. (223282)
Middle Berriasian141.0 - 139.1Algeria Toxaster africanus (64360)
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05Algeria Toxaster granosus (64322)
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6France Toxaster granosus (65193)
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6France Toxaster granosus (65189 65190 65191 65192 65194 65197) Toxaster retusus (55745) Toxaster sp. (55746)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Portugal Toxaster casterasi, Toxaster subcavatus (64952 65674) Toxaster sp. (65709) Toxaster subcavatus (65702)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Morocco (Western High Atlas) Toxaster granosus (2062)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Switzerland Toxaster campichei (2213 2215 2217) Toxaster granosus (2247)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6France Toxaster campichei (2214 2216 2218 2219 2220)
Valanginian - Hauterivian137.05 - 125.77China (Xizang) Toxaster sp. (61419)
Early/Lower Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77France Toxaster lorioli (65195) Toxaster retusus (68926 68928 68929 68930 68932 68933 68934 68936 68937 68939 68940 68943 68944 68946 68947 68952 68963 68968 68969 68983 68984 68986 68987 68989 68990 68991 68992 68993 68994 68995 68996 68997 69004 69005 69007 69020 69021 69022 69063 69064 69065 69066 69067 69077 69078 69079 69080 69081 69082 69083 69490 69492 69494 69735 69736 69743 69744 69745 69746 69747 69748 69749 69750 69751 69752 69754 69757 69760 69762 69763 69764 69765 69766 69776 69777 69778 69780 69781 69782 69783 69785 69786 69793 69794 69796 84870 84872 84873 84874 84875 84876 84877 84878 84879) Toxaster sp. (61545)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Chile (Huasco) Heteraster sp. (223252)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Portugal Heteraster sabugensis, Heteraster corvensis, Toxaster retusus (65876) Toxaster exilis (73321) Toxaster granosus (65745 65753 65756 65757 65759 65767 65773 73136) Toxaster granosus, Toxaster retusus (65752) Toxaster retusus (65858 73143) Toxaster sp. (65854) Toxaster subcavatus, Toxaster granosus, Toxaster exilis (65740)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Switzerland Toxaster complanatus (2198 2201) Toxaster complanatus, Toxaster granosus (2200)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77France Toxaster complanatus (2203 2206) Toxaster complanatus, Toxaster granosus (2209) Toxaster complanatus, Toxaster granuosus (2199)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Colombia Toxaster roulinae (97672)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77France (Provence) Toxaster sp. (56774 56779)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77France Toxaster gibbus (65196)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Switzerland (Neuchatel) Toxaster retusus (31986)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4France Toxaster complanatus (2212)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Portugal Heteraster couloni, Heteraster pomeli, Heteraster oblongus (73518) Heteraster couloni, Toxaster ricordeaui (73156) Heteraster delgadoi (73499) Heteraster lepidus (73306 73329) Heteraster lepidus, Heteraster couloni (73348)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Switzerland Toxaster complanatus (2194 2196 2197)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Morocco (Western High Atlas) Toxaster maurus, Toxaster peroni (2067)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Yemen (Wadi Hajar) Heteraster oblongus (2576)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Morocco (Marrakech) Toxaster sp. (126611)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Turkmenistan Toxaster retusus (47025)
Barremian - Aptian125.77 - 113.2Portugal Heteraster couloni, Heteraster crisminensis, Heteraster oblongus (73501)
Late/Upper Barremian - Aptian125.77 - 113.2Romania Heteraster oblongus (221641)
Late/Upper Barremian - Aptian125.77 - 113.2Chile (Copiapó) Enallaster texanus (222944)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Hungary Heteraster zircensis (66039)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Spain (Valenciana) Heteraster oblongus (45154)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Portugal (Lisboa) Heteraster oblongus (32320)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Algeria Heteraster oblongus (40786)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57France Heteraster oblongus (65910)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57United Kingdom (England) Toxaster fittoni (235315)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Mexico Heteraster sp. (64372)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Switzerland Heteraster couloni (2188 2189 2190 2192 2193 2226 2227 2228 2229) Heteraster oblongus (2177 2231) Toxaster couloni (2179)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Egypt Enallaster verruculatus (161584) Toxaster radula, Toxaster lamberti, Toxaster collegnoi (63979)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Mexico Toxaster sp. (65623)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Morocco (Western High Atlas) Toxaster villei (2069 2070)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Mexico (Sonora) Macraster sp. (82135)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2United Kingdom (England) Toxaster fittoni (1748 1760 1840 1850 1851) Toxaster fittoni, Toxaster complanatus (1836) Toxaster fittoni, Toxaster renevieri (1769)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Spain (Catalonia) Toxaster collegnoi (111535)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Portugal Heteraster constrictus (73566) Heteraster peroni (73507) Heteraster peroni, Heteraster oblongus, Heteraster constrictus (73556) Heteraster peroni, Heteraster pomeli (73564)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Chile (Copiapó) Heteraster sp. (223022)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2France Heteraster couloni (2186) Toxaster collegnoi (38806)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Mexico (Baja California) Enallaster texanus (1881)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Mexico Toxaster sp. (65624)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Serbia Heteraster oblongus (67546)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Algeria Heteraster sp. (40789) Heteraster tissoti (40788) Heteraster tissoti, Heteraster oblongus (40787)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Egypt Heteraster constrictus (220856)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Spain (Castellon) Heteraster sp., Toxaster sp. (3722) Toxaster sp. (3724)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1United Kingdom (England) Toxaster murchisonianus (1864)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1USA (Texas) Enallaster obliquatus (235834) Enallaster texanus (203431)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Peru (Cajamarca) Enallaster peruanus (88171) Enallaster sp. (88167 88172) Heteraster obliquatus (88515) Heteraster obliquatus, Heteraster roseheni (88517) Heteraster obliquatus, Heteraster sp. (88516)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Portugal Heteraster delgadoi (145812)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1France Macraster sp. (58939)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Egypt Heteraster verruculatua, Heteraster constrictus (98325)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Peru Enallaster peruanus (88152)
Early/Lower Albian - Middle Albian113.2 - 106.3France Macraster polygonus (56522)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Peru (Cajamarca) Enallaster sp. (56911 56912)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Mexico (Coahuila de Zaragoza) Enallaster texanus (88630 88634)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Madagascar (Mahajanga) Douvillaster hourcqi, Toxaster gaudryi, Toxaster sp. (86497)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Madagascar Douvillaster hourcqi (98230) Toxaster gaudryi (98244 98245)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3Egypt Toxaster lamberti, Toxaster lyonsi (98326)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3Peru Enallaster peruanus (88175 158987)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3France Macraster polygonus (38036 56846) Macraster sp. (58368 58422)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3United Kingdom (England) Toxaster murchisonianus (1765)
Middle Albian - Cretaceous110.1 - 66.0Mexico (Colima) Heteraster mexicanus (31305)
Urutawan - Motuan108.4 - 99.5New Zealand Toxasteridae indet. (37264)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5France Macraster polygonus (56552 58527)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Egypt Toxaster lamberti, Toxaster lyonsi, Heteraster constrictus (98327)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Madagascar (Mahajanga) Toxaster gaudryi (98220)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Peru (Cajamarca) Enallaster sp. (88164)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5USA (Texas) Macraster nodopyda, Macraster elegans, Macraster arguilera (58637)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Portugal Heteraster delgadoi (145814)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Spain (Alicante) Douvillaster longesulcatus, Macraster polygonus (38035)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Angola Isaster benguellensis (210852)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Spain Douvillaster longesulcatus (3824) Douvillaster sp. (3823)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Late/Upper Albian100.5 - 100.5Spain Douvillaster longesulcatus, Douvillaster sp., T. () (3832)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Heteraster sp. (59817)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Heteraster sp. (59805)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Mozambique Douvillaster hourcqui (174799 174830)
Middle Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Japan (Wakayama) Enallaster sp., Enallaster yuasensis (203140)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Türkiye Isaster toulai (48062)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Austria Isaster aquitanicus (47930)