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Hemiaster (Hemiaster) (heart urchin)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Hemiaster (Hemiaster) Lambert and Thiéry p. 499
1966Hemiaster (Hemiaster) Fischer p. U558
1984Hemiaster (Hemiaster) Kier p. 17

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

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.

Subg. †Hemiaster (Hemiaster) Lambert and Thiéry 1924 [heart urchin]
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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: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Egypt Hemiaster gabrielis (150737)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt Hemiaster cubicus (184769) Hemiaster gabrielis (114872)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt Hemiaster cubicus (114911)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt Hemiaster cubicus (114794)