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Metopaster

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Metopaster Sladen
1893Mitraster Sladen
1914Spenceria Fourtau p. 99
1935Dictydaster Mercier
1943Ravniaster Brünnich-Nielsen
1966Metopaster Spencer and Wright p. U57
1966Spenceria Spencer and Wright p. U57
1992Metopaster Breton p. 105
2002Metopaster Sepkoski
2002Spenceria Sepkoski
2008Metopaster Breton and Néraudeau p. 329

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderValvatida
familyGoniasteridae
genusMetopaster

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. †Metopaster Sladen 1893
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†Metopaster alexiae Jagt 2000
†Metopaster andreae Gale 1987
†Metopaster angulatus Brünnich-Nielsen 1943
†Metopaster bezanconi Valette 1925
†Metopaster bignoti Breton 1992
†Metopaster bromleyi Gale 1987
†Metopaster calcar Spencer 1913
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Invalid names: Metopaster cristagalli Spencer 1913 [synonym]
†Metopaster carinatus Brünnich-Nielsen 1943
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Invalid names: Ravniaster planus Brünnich-Nielsen 1943 [synonym]
†Metopaster chilipora Desmoulins 1832
†Metopaster continuus Jagt 2000
†Metopaster dividuus Rasmussen 1945
†Metopaster duvergieri Valette 1925
†Metopaster elegans Gale 1987
†Metopaster elevatus Brünnich-Nielsen 1943
†Metopaster elongatus Breton and Néraudeau 2008
†Metopaster hunteri Forbes 1848
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Invalid names: Goniaster (Goniodiscus) sublunatus Forbes 1848 [synonym]
†Metopaster hypertelicus Breton 1992
†Metopaster icenicus Wright and Wright 1940
†Metopaster kagstrupensis Brünnich-Nielsen 1943
†Metopaster laevis Brünnich-Nielsen 1943
†Metopaster lisanae Jagt 2000
†Metopaster loirensis Gale 1987
†Metopaster maculatus Brünnich-Nielsen 1943
†Metopaster medius Breton and Néraudeau 2008
†Metopaster meudonensis Cottreau 1937
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Invalid names: Pentetagonaster costata d'Orbigny 1850 [synonym]
†Metopaster miloni Mercier 1935
†Metopaster parkinsoni Forbes 1848
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Invalid names: Goniaster (Goniodiscus) bowerbankii Forbes 1848 [synonym], Goniaster (Goniodiscus) mantelli Forbes 1848 [synonym], Goniaster (Goniodiscus) rectilineus Forbes 1850 [synonym], Metopaster zonatus Sladen 1893 [synonym]
†Metopaster polyplacus Schulz and Weitschat 1971
†Metopaster poulsenii Brünnich-Nielsen 1943
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Invalid names: Metopaster stevensensis Brünnich-Nielsen 1943 [synonym], Ravniaster simplex Brünnich-Nielsen 1943 [synonym], Ravniaster virgineus Brünnich-Nielsen 1943 [synonym]
†Metopaster praetumidus Schulz and Weitschat 1975
†Metopaster rugissimus Gale 1987
†Metopaster schulzi Breton 1992
†Metopaster spencerii Brünnich-Nielsen 1943
†Metopaster stratifera Desmoulins 1832
†Metopaster tamarae Gale 1987
†Metopaster teilhardi de Loriol 1909
†Metopaster tercensis Villier 2001
†Metopaster thoracifer Geinitz 1871
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Invalid names: Metopaster cornutus Sladen 1893 [synonym], Stellaster plauensis Geinitz 1871 [synonym]
†Metopaster trichilae Breton 1992
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†Metopaster tumidus Spencer 1913
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Invalid names: Metopaster virgeneus Brünnich-Nielsen 1943 [synonym]
†Metopaster uncatus Forbes 1848
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Invalid names: Goniaster (Goniodiscus) rugatus Forbes 1848 [synonym], Metopaster cingulatus Sladen 1893 [synonym], Metopaster quadratus Spencer 1907 [synonym]
Invalid names: Dictydaster Mercier 1935 [synonym], Mitraster Sladen 1893 [synonym], Mitraster hunterii laevis Brünnich-Nielsen 1943 [invalid subgroup], Ravniaster Brünnich-Nielsen 1943 [synonym], Spenceria Fourtau 1914 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. Breton 1992Body pentagonal, depressed, with sides concave, straight or slightly convex. Few, large marginal plates: 4 to 12 superomarginals per side. Enlarged ultimate or penultimate superomarginal plates at the arm tip, correponding to 1 to 11 inferomarginal plates. Width of the inferomarginal regularly decreases from interradius to the arm tip. External face with a raised central area and a depressed margin differentiated. Central area smooth or with an ornament of large, rounded, well demarcated granule-pits. Depressed margin with one or several rows of tiny, dense, adjoining granule-pits. Pedicellariae-pits oval, winged. 4 to 8 furow spines per adambulacral plate.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitef
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterf
Dispersal 2: planktonicf
Created: 2007-10-02 04:01:50
Modified: 2007-10-02 06:05:14
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Blake 1990, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Ypresian or 100.50000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (74 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France M. parkinsoni (59813) M. sp. (59613)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom M. sp. (59682 59688)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Normandy) M. andreae, M. parkinsoni (59658)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France M. parkinsoni (59806 59808 59819)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Czechia M. sp. (146401 146500 146501) M. sp., M. thoracifer (90516 90518)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8France M. parkinsoni, M. uncatus (59582)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8France M. parkinsoni (59588) M. uncatus (59587)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8France M. uncatus (59637)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7France M. sp., M. hunteri (59680) M. tumidus, M. hunteri, M. uncatus (72287)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Spain M. parkinsoni (92949)
Late/Upper Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Spain M. loirensis, M. parkinsoni (92947) M. parkinsoni (92948)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6France M. sp. (3736)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian89.8 - 83.6France M. parkinsoni, M. hunteri, M. uncatus (59675) M. parkinsoni, M. uncatus (59612) M. schulzi, M. parkinsoni, M. hunteri, M. uncatus (59659)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6France M. bignoti, M. trichilae (59677)
Middle Santonian - Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6France M. parkinsoni, M. hunteri, M. uncatus (59652)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Iran M. parkinsoni (145483)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Egypt (Al Jizah) M. teilhardi (38659)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2France M. sp. (59776)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Landes) M. chilipora (213771 213772 213773) M. sp. A (213774)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Belgium (Liege) M. praetumidus (32150) M. sp., M. praetumidus, M. uncatus (32147)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Landes) M. meudonensis (213823) M. sp. B (214096) M. sp. C (214158) M. tercensis (213872 213898 214100 214157)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2France M. parkinsoni, M. meudonensis (59676)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Tennessee) M. tennesseensis (88357)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) M. granulatus, M. poulsenii, M. tumidus (32022)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0France (Landes) M. parkinsoni (214121 214122 214184 214186 214190 214225) M. sp. B (214216) M. sp. C (214207) M. sp. C, M. tercensis (214164) M. tercensis (214107 214119 214176 214215 214234 214235) M. tercensis, M. parkinsoni (214188)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) M. lisannae (32157)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) M. miriamae, M. lisannae, M. sp., M. alexiae (32167)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands M. tumidus (32162)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0France M. exsculptus, Dictydaster miloni, M. parkinsoni, M. uncatus (72285)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian72.2 - 61.66Netherlands (Limburg) M. lisannae, M. miriamae (32166)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian72.2 - 61.66Netherlands M. lisannae, M. miriamae, M. sp., M. alexiae (32160)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Denmark M. kagstrupensis, M. spencerii (78711) Mitraster hunteri (89866)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Netherlands (Limburg) M. carinatus, M. kagstrupensis (32170)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France M. sp. (59788 59790)