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Micrasteridae

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Micrasteridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Micrasteridae Fischer p. U580
2005Micrasteridae Parma and Casadío p. 1078
2010Micrasteridae 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
suborderMicrasterina
familyMicrasteridae()
familyMicrasteridae()

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. †Micrasteridae Lambert 1920
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Subg. †Diplodetus (Diplodetus) Fischer 1966
†Diplodetus nutrix Boule 1899
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†Habanaster sanchezi Lambert 1924
G. †Micraster Agassiz 1836
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Subg. †Micraster (Micraster) Fischer 1966
Subg. †Micraster (Plesiaster) Pomel 1883
†Micraster acutus Agassiz 1836
†Micraster americanus Stephenson 1941
†Micraster carinatus Djabarov 1964
†Micraster coranguinum Leske 1778
†Micraster corbovis Forbes 1850
†Micraster cortestudinarium Goldfuss 1826
†Micraster glyphus Schluter 1869
†Micraster leskei d'Orbigny 1855
†Micraster pseudorostratus Djabarov 1964
†Micraster rogalae Nowak 1909
†Micraster schlueteri Böhm 1891
†Micraster schroederi Stolley 1892
†Micraster uddeni Cooke 1953
G. †Ovulaster
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†Ovulaster protodecimae Giusberti et al. 2005
†Ovulaster reticulates Smith et al. 1999
G. †Roweaster Smith and Wright 2012
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†Roweaster cantaber Lambert 1919
Invalid names: Cyclasterinae Poslavskaya 1964 [empty]
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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 100.50000 to 15.98000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma

Collections (181 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cretaceous143.1 - 66.0Japan (Kumamoto) Plesiaster peini (204448)
Cretaceous143.1 - 66.0Japan (Kagashima) Plesiaster peini (204447)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Micraster crassissimus (59802 59815)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Serbia Micraster acutus (164671)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian100.5 - 89.8Egypt (Sinai) Micraster corbovis, Micraster leskei (3762)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Poland Micraster cortestudinarium (241889)
Senonian - Paleocene100.5 - 56.0Netherlands (Limburg) Diplodetus bucardium (31455)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Egypt (Sinai) Micraster corbovis (3765)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Czechia Micraster leskei (99235)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommem) Micraster borchardi (93289)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Turkmenistan Micraster corbovis (196656)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Germany Micraster leskei (12686 12688 12689 12690 12692 12693 12704) Micraster sp. (12709 12710 12711 12713 12714 12715)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Poland Micraster leskei (97983)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8United Kingdom (England) Micraster corbovis, Micraster leskei (38601) Micraster normanniae (38598 38607) Micraster normanniae, Micraster corbovis, Micraster leskei (38595)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7France Micraster decipiens (59650)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.8 - 85.7France Micraster decipiens (59798)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Turkmenistan Micraster cortestudinarium, Micraster carinatus (196558) Micraster leskei (196557)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Germany Micraster sp. (12716 12717) Micraster sp., Micraster leskei (12718 12719 12720)
Late/Upper Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Spain Micraster brevis (74370 74375 74376 74379 74380 74381 74382 74386 74388 74389 74390) Micraster brevis, Micraster sp. 1 (74385 74387) Micraster sp. 1 (74369)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Spain Micraster matheroni, Micraster corbaricus (66967)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6France Micraster turonensis, Micraster decipiens (3736)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Spain Micraster corbaricus, Micraster matheroni (66968 66969)
Early/Lower Santonian85.7 - 83.6Turkmenistan Micraster coranguinum (196657 196658)
Early/Lower Santonian85.7 - 83.6Austria Micraster sp. (173328)
Early/Lower Santonian85.7 - 83.6Spain Micraster brevis (74400 74401 74405 74407 74410 74412 74416 74417 74426 74427 74429 74436 74438 74439 74440 74441 74442 74443 74444 74445 74446 74447 74448 74450 74451 74452 74453 74454 74455 74458 74461) Micraster brevis, Micraster matheroni (74468) Micraster brevis, Micraster sp. 1 (74435) Micraster matheroni (74462 74466) Micraster sp. 1 (74434 74449)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Austria Micraster sp. (146295)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Spain Micraster quebrada, Micraster mengaudi (234957)
Middle Santonian85.7 - 83.6Spain Micraster turonensis, Roweaster cantaber (234956)
Middle Santonian85.7 - 83.6Germany Diplodetus recklinghausenensis (178204)
Middle Santonian - Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6France Micraster sp. (59652)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Texas) Micraster uddeni (197717)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Spain Micraster sp. (66983)
Late/Upper Santonian - Campanian85.7 - 72.2Spain Micraster corbaricus, Micraster gourdoni, Micraster matheroni (66989)
Late/Upper Santonian - Middle Campanian85.7 - 72.2Antarctica Micraster regularis (39619)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Spain Micraster aturicus, Micraster stolleyi (66996)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Poitou-Charentes) Micraster laxoporus, Micraster glyphus (87397)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2France Micraster regularis (3784)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Belgium Diplodetus sp. (32171)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Spain Diplodetus sp. (24251) Micraster sp. (66993)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany (Niedersachsen) Micraster fastigatus, Micraster schroederi, Micraster glyphus (31992)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2France Micraster sp. (59776)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Turkmenistan Micraster pseudorostratus (196566) Micraster schroederi (196564 196565)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany Micraster glyphus (64141)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany Micraster stolleyi, Micraster glyphus (64187)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Landes) Micraster coranguinum (213812) Micraster corcolumbarium (213835)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany Micraster glyphus (63985 63995 64002 64127 64128 64130 64131 64132 64134 64135 64136 64142 64143 64155 64180) Micraster schlueteri (221859)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Spain Micraster aturicus, Micraster stolleyi (66997) Micraster gourdoni, Micraster stolleyi (67002)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Belgium (Liege) Diplodetus sp., Micraster stolleyi, Micraster schroederi (32147) Micraster stolleyi, Micraster schroederi (32150)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Austria Micraster stolleyi, Micraster corcolumbarium, Micraster aturicus, Micraster schroederi (48008)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Arkansas) Micraster americanus (78165 78183 78199 83037 197647 197648 197649)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Tunisia Micraster sp. (47107) Plesiaster sp. (74533)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Turkmenistan Micraster glyphus (196567 196659)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany (Niedersachsen) Diplodetus cretaceus, Diplodetus sp., Micraster fastigatus, Micraster glyphus (31993)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Brissopneustes ruegenensis (32022)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) Diplodetus bucardium (32158) Diplodetus duponti, Diplodetus parvistella (32148 32151)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Micraster americanus (78125 197616)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) Diplodetus bucardium, Diplodetus parvistella (32159)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (La Pampa) Diplodetus nutrix (5167)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) Diplodetus bucardium (32149)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands Diplodetus americanus (3123)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) Micraster americanus (4517 4520 197652)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Micraster americanus (78195 197606)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands Diplodetus parvistella (32162)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Spain (Santander) Ovulaster reticulaws (157043)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian72.2 - 61.66Netherlands (Limburg) Diplodetus americanus (32169)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Denmark Brissopneustes suecicus, Micraster sp. (89866)
Danian66.0 - 61.66France Isopneustes sp. (22970)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Netherlands Diplodetus americanus (3122)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Austria (Niederösterreich) Brissopneustes sp. (87002) Brissopneustes vindobonnensis (87001)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (La Pampa) Diplodetus nutrix (5160)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.24Egypt Micraster sp. (87000)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Spain (Santander) Micraster tercensis (157015)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Cuba Habanaster sanchezi (91130)