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Edrioasterida

Edrioasteroidea - Edrioasterida

Taxonomy
Edrioasterida was named by Bell (1976). It is not extant.

It was replaced with Edrioasteroida by Parsley and Prokop (2004).

It was assigned to Edrioasteroidea by Sepkoski (2002), Sprinkle and Sumrall (2015), Zhao et al. (2022), Zamora et al. (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Edrioasterida Bell
2002Edrioasterida Sepkoski
2015Edrioasterida Sprinkle and Sumrall
2022Edrioasterida Zhao et al.
2024Edrioasterida Zamora et al. p. 954

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

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.

Or. †Edrioasterida Bell 1976
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G. †Aepyaster
Subor. †Edrioasterina Bather 1898
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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
Subor. †Edrioblastoidina Fay 1962
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Fm. †Astrocystitidae Bassler 1935
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G. †Astrocystites Whiteaves 1897
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†Astrocystites distans Webby 1968
†Astrocystites ottawensis Whiteaves 1897
†Astrocystites ottowaensis Whiteaves 1897
G. †Cambroblastus Smith and Jell 1990
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†Cambroblastus enubilatus Smith and Jell 1990
†Cambroblastus guolensis Zhu et al. 2014
Invalid names: Cambroblastus Smith and Jell 1990 [objective synonym]
G. †Porosublastus Sprinkle and Sumrall 2015
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†Porosublastus inexpectus Sprinkle and Sumrall 2015
Fm. †Rhenopyrgidae Holloway and Jell 1983
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G. †Heropyrgus Briggs et al. 2017
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†Heropyrgus disterminus Briggs et al. 2017
G. †Rhenopyrgus Dehm 1961
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†Rhenopyrgus piojoensis Sumrall et al. 2013
G. †Edriophus
G. †Sprinkleoglobus Zhao et al. 2022
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†Sprinkleoglobus extenuatus Zhao et al. 2022
†Sprinkleoglobus lloydi Sprinkle 1985
†Sprinkleoglobus spencensis Wen et al. 2019
Fm. †Totiglobidae Bell and Sprinkle 1978
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†Totiglobus nimius Bell and Sprinkle 1978
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 07:51:32
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Stage 3 to the top of the Early/Lower Emsian or 521.00000 to 399.50000 Ma

Collections (46 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Stage 3521.0 - 514.5China (Yunnan) Sprinkleoglobus extenuatus (241013)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Idaho) Totiglobus spencensis (200479)
Solvan508.2 - 504.5USA (Nevada) Totiglobus nimius (7899)
Wuliuan506.5 - 504.5USA (Utah) Sprinkleoglobus spencensis (241014)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Utah) Totiglobus lloydi (261 230679)
Taoyuanian - Niuchehean495.2 - 486.85China (Guangxi) Cambroblastus guolensis (129689)
Iverian494.2 - 491.0Australia (Queensland) Cambroblastus enubilatus (193847)
Blackhillsian475.3 - 471.3USA (Nevada) Pseudedriophus guensburgi (180655) Pseudedriophus guensburgi, Porosublastus inexpectus (180654)
Blackhillsian475.3 - 471.3USA (Utah) Edrioasterida indet. (180739)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.2 - 454.0USA (Kentucky) Edrioaster bigsbyi (190385)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Kentucky) Edrioaster bigsbyi (99336)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Oklahoma) Astrocystites sp., Edriophus sp. (24101 24102)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Edrioaster bigsbyi (23470 23471 23472 23477 23481 23486)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) Edrioaster priscus (87819)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois) Edrioaster bigsbyi (195615)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Edrioaster bigsbyi (23403 23404)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Iowa, Illinois) Edrioaster bigsbyi (23474)
Trentonian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Edriophus sp. (401)
Trentonian457.3 - 449.6USA (Missouri) Astrocystites sp. (13157)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Ontario) Edrioaster bigsbyi (26263)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Canada (Ontario) Astrocystites sp. (228229) Cyclaster bigsbyi (180117)
Eastonian452.3 - 449.0Australia (New South Wales) Astrocystites distans (120500 166852)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Illinois, Iowa) Astrocystites sp. (23492) Astrocystites sp., Edrioaster bigsbyi (23490)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Minnesota) Astrocystites sp., Edrioaster bigsbyi (23405)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Iowa) Astrocystites ottawaensis (13156)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Astrocystites ottawaensis (23524)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Illinois, Iowa) Astrocystites ottawaensis, Rhenopyrgus sp. (23534) Rhenopyrgus sp. (23546)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Iowa) Astrocystites ottawaensis (13200)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7United Kingdom Heropyrgus disterminus (68060)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Argentina (San Juan) Rhenopyrgus piojoensis (155708)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.62 - 410.62France (Alsace) Rhenopyrgus sp. (38802)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Morocco Rhenopyrgus flos (150334 150580)