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Arnaudaster

Echinoidea - Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae

Taxonomy
Arnaudaster is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Echinolampadidae by Kier (1962), Kier (1966), Smith (1995); and to Cassiduloida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Arnaudaster Kier p. 104
1966Arnaudaster Kier p. U508
1995Arnaudaster Smith p. 219
2002Arnaudaster Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
orderEchinolampadoida
familyEchinolampadidae
genusArnaudaster

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.

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†Arnaudaster gauthieri Lambert 1920
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: grazerc
Diet 2: deposit feederc
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 12:05:24
Modified: 2010-02-12 04:00:29
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Oman A. sp. (151655)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Oman A. sp. (151619 151654 151656)