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Recurvaster

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Recurvaster Brünnich-Nielsen
1966Recurvaster Spencer and Wright p. U57
2002Recurvaster Sepkoski

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

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. †Recurvaster Brünnich-Nielsen 1943
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Recurvaster blackmorei Rasmussen 1950
Recurvaster lorioli Jux 1957
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Invalid names: Recurvaster communis Brünnich-Nielsen 1943 [synonym]
Recurvaster migrans Breton and Vizcaïno 1997
Recurvaster radiatus Spencer 1913
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Invalid names: Recurvaster echinatus Brünnich-Nielsen 1943 [synonym], Recurvaster gibber Schulz and Weitschat 1971 [synonym], Recurvaster stevensensis Brünnich-Nielsen 1943 [synonym]
Recurvaster spiniger Jagt 2000
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Blake 1990

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Bartonian or 83.60000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Belgium (Liege) R. radiatus (32147 32150)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) R. gibber (32022)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) R. spiniger (32148 32151)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) R. antemammillatus (32167)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) R. spiniger (32172)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (New Jersey) Goniaster mammillata (58941)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Denmark Metopaster mammillatus (89866)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (New Jersey) Goniaster mammilata (3113)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France R. migrans (59787 59788 59789)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (South Carolina) R. sp. (5342)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (North Carolina) R. sp. (5366 5367)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (South Carolina) R. sp. (5343 5344 5345 5353 5354)