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Fandasterias facetus

Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Fandasteridae

Taxonomy
Fandasterias facetus was named by Blake (1995). Its type specimen is Holotype TCD.42709, Trinity College, Dublin and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hook Head, Wesford Co, which is in an Ivorian marine sandstone in the Hook head Formation of Ireland. It is the type species of Fandasterias.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Fandasterias facetus Blake pp. 66-73 figs. figs 1-4
2018Fandasterias facetus Blake p. 45

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
orderHadrosida
familyFandasteridae
genusFandasterias
speciesfacetus

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.

†Fandasterias facetus Blake 1995
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. B. Blake 1995As for genus, by monotypy
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 15:35:10
Modified: 2010-02-09 06:02:08
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Ivorian or 353.80000 to 346.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7Ireland Fandasterias facetus (type locality: 97256)