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Cardiaster

Echinoidea - Holasteroida - Holasteridae

Taxonomy
Cardiaster was named by Forbes (1850) [Sepkoski's age data: K Albi-u K Maes-u Sepkoski's reference number: 343,956].

It was assigned to Echinocorythidae by Clark and Twitchell (1915); to Holasteridae by Wagner and Durham (1966), Shmidt (1976), Kier (1984) and Smith (1991); and to Holasteroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Cardiaster Forbes
1915Cardiaster Clark and Twitchell p. 83
1966Cardiaster Wagner and Durham p. U528
1976Cardiaster Shmidt p. 154
1984Cardiaster Kier p. 10
1991Cardiaster Smith p. 51
2002Cardiaster Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Atelostomata
orderHolasteroida
suborderMeridosternata
familyHolasteridae
genusCardiasterForbes 1850

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. †Cardiaster Forbes 1850
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†Cardiaster batnensis Peron and Gauthier 1879
†Cardiaster cubensis Jackson 1922
†Cardiaster curtus Clark and Twitchell 1915
†Cardiaster deciper Cooke 1953
†Cardiaster granulosus Goldfuss 1826
†Cardiaster jugatus Schluter 1869
†Cardiaster leonensis Stephenson 1941
†Cardiaster palmeri Sanchez Roig 1949
†Cardiaster patagonicus Wilckens 1907
†Cardiaster smocki Clark 1907
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-29 10:02:19
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:44:56
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Turonian to the top of the Waipawan or 93.90000 to 53.00000 Ma

Collections (70 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0Cuba C. cubensis (91177 204369) C. palmeri (91138)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Chile (Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica) C. patagonicus (235515)
Senonian - Paleocene100.5 - 56.0Netherlands (Limburg) C. granulosus (31455)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Brazil C. cubensis (140837)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8France C. transversus (3778)
Turonian - Campanian93.9 - 72.1Chile (Torres de Paine, Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica) C. patagonicus (235514 235516)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3United Kingdom C. truncatus (59713)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Brazil C. batnensis (90492) C. sp. (140890)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Germany C. cotteauanus (12690 12691 12692)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Spain C. integer (66967)
Late/Upper Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Spain C. integer (74383 74384 74385 74386 74387 74388 74389 74390 74391 74392)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian89.3 - 83.6Spain C. hermitei, C. integer (66968 66969)
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5Spain C. integer (74393 74394 74395 74421 74422 74434 74468)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5USA (New Jersey) C. smocki (78172)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Russian Federation C. bolschechetensis (196496)
Middle Santonian85.8 - 83.5Germany C. jugatus (178204)
Late/Upper Santonian - Campanian85.8 - 72.1Spain C. integer (66989)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Spain C. heberti (66996)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1France (Poitou-Charentes) C. anachytes (87397)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) C. leonensis (78167 78168 197448)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Belgium C. granulosus (32171)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) C. leonensis (142015 197447)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) C. curtus (78170)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Arkansas) C. deciper (78165 78166)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany C. maximus (64143)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany (Niedersachsen) C. cordiformis (31993)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Belgium (Liege) C. granulosus (32147)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Austria C. cordiformis (48008)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) C. leonensis (78169)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Germany C. granulosus (213668)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) C. granulosus (32148 32151) C. rutoti (32158)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) C. granulosus (32022)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) C. leonensis (4514)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands C. granulosus (32161)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Maryland) C. marylandica (78173)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) C. granulosus (32153 32157)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Landes) C. ananchytis (214199)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Cretaceous70.6 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) C. rutoti (32175)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands C. granulosus (32162)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian70.6 - 61.6Netherlands C. granulosus (32160)
Waipawan55.8 - 53.0New Zealand (Chatham Islands) C. sp. (51078)