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Stauranderaster

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Stauranderasteridae

Taxonomy
Stauranderaster was named by Spencer (1907) [Sepkoski's age data: J Kimm T Dani Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is not extant. Its type is Oreaster coronatus. It is the type genus of Stauranderasteridae.

It was assigned to Stauranderasteridae by Spencer (1913) and Spencer and Wright (1966); and to Valvatida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Stauranderaster Spencer
1913Stauranderaster Spencer p. 132
1966Stauranderaster Spencer and Wright p. U55
2002Stauranderaster Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderValvatida
familyStauranderasteridae
genusStauranderaster

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. †Stauranderaster Spencer 1907
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Stauranderaster boysii Forbes 1848
Stauranderaster dorecki Schulz and Weitschat 1971
Stauranderaster laevis Desmoulins 1832
Stauranderaster miliaris Brünnich-Nielsen 1943
Stauranderaster mixtus Brünnich-Nielsen 1943
Stauranderaster sanchezi Sanchez Roig 1926
Stauranderaster serrata Rasmussen 1966
Stauranderaster speculum Brünnich-Nielsen 1943
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

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 161.20000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland S. sp. (58317)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom S. coronatus (59708)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France (Normandy) S. coronatus (59658)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3United Kingdom (England) S. sp. (4071 4072)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Czech Republic S. sp. (90516 90518)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3France S. boysii (72287)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6France S. sp. (59776)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Landes) S. sp. (214102 214157)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Landes) S. sp. (214120 214122 214123 214164 214178)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) S. miliaris, S. mixtus (32022)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian70.6 - 61.6Netherlands S. sp. (32160)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Netherlands (Limburg) S. miliaris (32170)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Cuba S. sanchezi (91130)