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Ulrichaster

Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Urasterellidae

Taxonomy
Ulrichaster was named by Spencer (1950) [Sepkoski's age data: O m S Ldov]. It is not extant. Its type is Urasterella ulrichi.

It was synonymized subjectively with Urasterella by Dean Shackleton (2005).

It was assigned to Uractinida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Urasterellidae by Owen (1965), Spencer and Wright (1966), Jell and Theron (1999), Blake and Rozhnov (2007), Blake (2018), Blake and Koniecki (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Ulrichaster Spencer
1965Ulrichaster Owen p. 566
1966Ulrichaster Spencer and Wright p. U74
1999Ulrichaster Jell and Theron p. 155
2002Ulrichaster Sepkoski
2007Ulrichaster Blake and Rozhnov p. 524
2018Ulrichaster Blake p. 35
2020Ulrichaster Blake and Koniecki p. 20 figs. 9.5-9.10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
orderHadrosida
familyUrasterellidae
genusUlrichaster

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. †Ulrichaster Spencer 1950
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Ulrichaster macrodentatus Jell and Theron 1999
Ulrichaster ulrichi Schuchert 1915
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitef
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Grouping: solitaryf
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Reproduction: oviparousf
Dispersal: waterf
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-09-08 02:28:25
Modified: 2009-09-08 04:28:25
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Blake and Rozhnov 2007, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Blackriveran to the top of the Eifelian or 457.30000 to 387.95000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Urasterella ulrichi (23431)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Urasterella ulrichi (23400)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95South Africa U. macrodentatus (35592 35597)