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Protaster ubaghsi

Ophiuroidea - Oegophiurida - Protasteridae

Taxonomy
Protaster ubaghsi was named by Haude and Thomas (1983). It is a cast. Its type locality is Site 3, Autobahnknoten Langenhorst, Asterozoans, which is in a Famennian marine siltstone in the Wocklum Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Protaster ubaghsi Haude and Thomas p. 125 figs. figs 2a-C, 3a, b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Asterozoa()
classOphiuroidea
orderOegophiurida
suborderLysophiurina()
familyProtasteridae
genusProtaster
speciesubaghsi

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.

†Protaster ubaghsi Haude and Thomas 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: slow-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: detritivorec
Diet 2: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 11:30:09
Modified: 2010-02-12 01:58:57
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Late/Upper Famennian or 364.70000 to 360.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Protaster ubaghsi (type locality: 127755)