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Edrioasteridae

Edrioasteroidea - Edrioasterida - Edrioasteridae

Taxonomy
Edrioasteridae was named by Bather (1898). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Edrioasteroidea by Regnéll (1966); and to Edrioasterina by Sprinkle and Sumrall (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Edrioasteridae Bather
1966Edrioasteridae Regnéll
2015Edrioasteridae Sprinkle and Sumrall

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
classEdrioasteroideaBillings 1858
orderEdrioasteridaBell 1976
suborderEdrioasterinaBather 1898
familyEdrioasteridaeBather 1898
familyEdrioasteridaeBather 1898

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. †Edrioasteridae Bather 1898
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G. †Edrioaster Billings 1858
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†Edrioaster bigsbyi Billings 1858
G. †Pseudedriophus Sprinkle and Sumrall 2015
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†Pseudedriophus guensburgi Sprinkle and Sumrall 2015
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Epibiont: yesc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 10:42:45
Modified: 2010-02-16 01:51:32
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Blackhillsian to the top of the Edenian or 475.30000 to 450.20000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blackhillsian475.3 - 471.3USA (Nevada) Pseudedriophus guensburgi (180654 180655)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.2 - 454.0USA (Kentucky) Edrioaster bigsbyi (190385)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Kentucky) Edrioaster bigsbyi (99336)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Edrioaster bigsbyi (23470 23471 23472 23477 23481 23486)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Iowa, Illinois) Edrioaster bigsbyi (23474)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) Edrioaster priscus (87819)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Edrioaster bigsbyi (23403 23404)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois) Edrioaster bigsbyi (195615)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Ontario) Edrioaster bigsbyi (26263)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Canada (Ontario) Cyclaster bigsbyi (180117)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Illinois, Iowa) Edrioaster bigsbyi (23490)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Minnesota) Edrioaster bigsbyi (23405)