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Rhopaloblastus

Blastoidea - Pentremitida - Pentremitidae

Taxonomy
Rhopaloblastus was named by Wanner (1924) [Sepkoski's age data: P Sakm-u P Guad-u Sepkoski's reference number: 2,523]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Pentremitidae by Webster and Jell (1992); and to Spiraculata by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Rhopaloblastus Wanner p. 215
1992Rhopaloblastus Webster and Jell p. 367
2002Rhopaloblastus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
classBlastoideaSay 1825
superorderSpiraculata(Jaekel 1918)
orderPentremitidaMatsumoto 1929
familyPentremitidaed'Orbigny 1851
genusRhopaloblastusWanner 1924

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. †Rhopaloblastus Wanner 1924
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Rhopaloblastus belfordi Crockford and Brown 1940
Rhopaloblastus cuspidus Webster and Jell 1992
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: 2004-02-28 15:52:18
Modified: 2010-02-09 11:56:54
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Sakmarian to the top of the Roadian or 293.52000 to 266.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) R. cuspidus (120562) R. sp. (95195)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Australia (Queensland) R. belfordi (101561)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Australia (New South Wales) Tricoelocrinus belfordi (150826 150827)