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Asterostomatidae (heart urchin)
Taxonomy
Asterostomatidae was named by Pictet (1857). It is extant.
It was assigned to Asterostomatina by Fischer (1966); and to Brissidina by Kroh and Smith (2010).
It was assigned to Asterostomatina by Fischer (1966); and to Brissidina by Kroh and Smith (2010).
Subtaxa
Antillaster, Argopatagus, Asterostoma, Brissolampas, Brissomorpha, Cleistechinus, Delopatagus, Elipneustes, Genicopatagus, Heterobrissus, Linopneustes, Megapetalus, Moronaster, Palaeobrissus, Paleotrema, Peripatagus, Platybrissus (syn. Platybryssus), Plesiozonus, Prosostoma, Pycnolampas, Pygospatangus
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1857 | Asterostomatidae Pictet p. 205 |
| 1966 | Asterostomatidae Fischer p. U614 |
| 2010 | Asterostomatidae Kroh and Smith p. 173 |
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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. Asterostomatidae Pictet 1857 [heart urchin]
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G. †Antillaster
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†Antillaster aibeari Kier 1984
†Antillaster castroi Egozcue 1897
†Antillaster cubensis Conrad 1870
†Antillaster depressus Sanchez Roig 1951
†Antillaster elegans Jackson 1922
†Antillaster fernandezi Sanchez Roig 1952
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Invalid names: Antillaster jaumei Sanchez Roig 1953 [synonym]
†Antillaster flexuosus Lambert 1924
†Antillaster lamberti Jeannet 1928
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Invalid names: Pseudoasterostoma habanensis Sanchez Roig 1952 [synonym]
†Antillaster sanchezi Lambert 1924
†Antillaster vaughani Jackson 1922
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Invalid names: Antillaster expansus Sanchez Roig 1953 [synonym], Antillaster guevarai Sanchez Roig 1952 [synonym], Antillaster herrerae Sanchez Roig 1951 [synonym]
Invalid names: Antillaster cartagensis Sanchez Roig 1949 [nomen nudum], Antillaster estenozi Sanchez Roig 1949 [nomen nudum], Antillaster giganteus Sanchez Roig 1949 [nomen dubium]
G. Argopatagus Agassiz 1879 [heart urchin]
G. †Brissolampas Pomel 1883 [heart urchin]
G. †Brissomorpha Laube 1871 [heart urchin]
G. †Cleistechinus de Loriol 1882 [heart urchin]
G. Delopatagus Koehler 1907 [heart urchin]
G. Elipneustes Koehler 1914 [heart urchin]
G. Genicopatagus Agassiz 1879 [heart urchin]
G. Heterobrissus Manzoni and Mazzetti 1877 [heart]
G. Linopneustes Agassiz 1881 [heart urchin]
G. †Moronaster Sanchez Riog 1952 [heart urchin]
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†Moronaster moronensis Sanchez Roig 1952
†Moronaster santanae Sanchez Roig 1952
G. Palaeobrissus Agassiz 1883 [heart urchin]
G. Paleotrema Koehler 1914 [heart urchin]
G. Peripatagus Koehler 1895 [heart urchin]
G. Platybrissus Grube 1865 [heart urchin]
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Subg. Platybrissus (Eurypatagus) Mortensen 1948
Subg. Platybrissus (Platybrissus) Grube 1865 [heart urchin]
Invalid names: Platybryssus Meissner 1903 [objective synonym]
G. Plesiozonus de Meijere 1902 [heart urchin]
G. Pycnolampas Agassiz and Clark 1907 [heart urchin]
G. †Pygospatangus Cotteau 1888 [heart urchin]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Eocene to the top of the Messinian or 56.00000 to 5.33300 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Eocene | Cuba | Prosostoma jimenoi (91162) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | Cuba | Antillaster cubensis, Antillaster flexuosus, Antillaster castroi, Antillaster sanchezi (91139) | |
| Burdigalian - Serravallian | Cyprus | Heterobrissus cypriotes (71875) | |
| Langhian | Cyprus | Brissolampas conicus (71879) Pygospatangus sp. (66957) | |
| Clarendonian | USA (California) | Megapetalus lovenoides (47432) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | USA (California) | Megapetalus lovenioides (194096 200704) Megapetalus sp. (37547) | |
| Tortonian - Messinian | USA (California) | Megapetalus sp. (37549) | |
| Messinian | USA (California) | Megapetalus lovenioides (194099) |