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Eostella

Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Palaeasteridae

Taxonomy
Eostella was named by Lehmann (1957) [Sepkoski's age data: D l]. Its type is Eostella hunsrueckiana.

It was assigned to Asteroidea by Lehmann (1957); to Palaeasteraceae by Spencer and Wright (1966); to Pustulosida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Palaeasteridae by Blake (2018).

Species
E. hunsrueckiana (type species)
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by L. Villier on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Eostella Lehmann p. 144
1966Eostella Spencer and Wright p. U53
2002Eostella Sepkoski
2018Eostella Blake p. 39

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
orderHadrosida
familyPalaeasteridae
genusEostella

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. †Eostella Lehmann 1957
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Eostella hunsrueckiana Lehmann 1957
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 15:35:10
Modified: 2010-02-09 06:02:08
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available