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Codaster

Blastoidea - Fissiculata - Codasteridae

Taxonomy
Codaster was named by M'Coy (1849) [Sepkoski's age data: C Vise-u Sepkoski's reference number: 82]. It is not extant. Its type is Codaster acutus.

It was assigned to Codasteridae by McCoy (1849), Bodenbender and Fisher (2001); and to Fissiculata by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Codaster M'Coy p. 250
1849Codaster McCoy p. 250
2001Codaster Bodenbender and Fisher p. 365
2002Codaster Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
classBlastoideaSay 1825
orderFissiculataJaekel 1918
familyCodasteridaeEtheridge and Carpenter 1886
genusCodasterM'Coy 1849

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.

G. †Codaster M'Coy 1849
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Codaster acutus M'Coy 1849
Codaster americanus Shumard 1858
Codaster pyramidatus Shumard 1858
Codaster robustus Rowley 1857
Codaster whitei Hall 1861
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
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-12-09 05:26:13
Modified: 2009-12-09 07:26:53
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Eifelian to the top of the Pendleian or 393.47000 to 326.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (New York) C. pyramidatus (9547)
Southwoodian393.47 - 387.95USA (Indiana) C. pyramidatus, C. americanus (230505)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Kentucky) C. jessieae (59889)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (England) C. acutus (154728)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9Kazakhstan C. shimanskii (8421)