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Plumaster

Asteroidea - Tropidasteridae

Taxonomy
Plumaster was named by Wright (1863) [Sepkoski's age data: J Plie-l]. It is not extant. Its type is Plumaster ophiuroides. It is the type genus of Plumasteridae.

It was assigned to Astropectinidae by Hess (1955); to Tropidasteridae by Spencer and Wright (1966); to Valvatida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Plumasteridae by Gale (2011).

Species
P. ophiuroides (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Plumaster Wright p. 110
1955Plumaster Hess p. 68
1966Plumaster Spencer and Wright p. U68
2002Plumaster Sepkoski
2011Plumaster Gale p. 82

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderSurculifera
Spinulosida()
Chevronida
Velatida()
familyTropidasteridae
genusPlumaster

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. †Plumaster Wright 1863
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Plumaster ophiuroides Wright 1863
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: outer shelf, oceanic, marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Depth habitat: subthermoclineo
Diet: carnivoreo
Diet 2: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2007-10-02 03:56:05
Modified: 2009-09-07 02:45:36
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Blake 1990, Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Pliensbachian to the top of the Late/Upper Oxfordian or 192.90000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2France P. sp. (106348)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8France P. sp. (61724)