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Antillaster

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Asterostomatidae

Taxonomy

Antillaster is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Asterostomatidae by Fischer (1966), Kier (1984); and to Spatangoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

A. aibeari, A. arnoldi (syn. A. rojasi), A. cartagensis, A. castroi, A. cubensis, A. depressus, A. elegans, A. estenozi, A. fernandezi (syn. A. jaumei), A. flexuosus, A. giganteus, A. lamberti (syn. Pseudoasterostoma habanensis), A. sanchezi, A. vaughani (syn. A. guevarai, A. herrerae, A. expansus)

Synonyms

Antillaster cartagensis was named by Sanchez Roig (1949).

It was considered a nomen nudum by Kier (1984).
Antillaster estenozi was named by Sanchez Roig (1949).

It was considered a nomen nudum by Kier (1984).
Antillaster giganteus was named by Sanchez Roig (1949).

It was considered a nomen dubium by Kier (1984).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1949	Antillaster cartagensis Sanchez Roig
1949	Antillaster estenozi Sanchez Roig
1949	Antillaster giganteus Sanchez Roig
1966	Antillaster Fischer p. U616
1984	Antillaster Kier p. 131
2002	Antillaster Sepkoski

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
—	Ambulacraria
phylum	Echinodermata
subphylum	Eleutherozoa
—	Echinozoa	()
class	Echinoidea	()

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Euechinoidea	Bronn 1860
superorder	Acroechinoidea	()
—	Carinacea
—	Irregularia	()
—	Atelostomata
order	Spatangoida
suborder	Brissidina
family	Asterostomatidae
genus	Antillaster

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. †Antillaster

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†Antillaster aibeari Kier 1984

†Antillaster arnoldi Clark 1927

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Invalid names: Antillaster rojasi Sanchez Roig 1949 [synonym]

†Antillaster castroi Egozcue 1897

†Antillaster cubensis Conrad 1870

†Antillaster depressus Sanchez Roig 1951

†Antillaster elegans Jackson 1922

†Antillaster fernandezi Sanchez Roig 1952

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Invalid names: Antillaster jaumei Sanchez Roig 1953 [synonym]

†Antillaster flexuosus Lambert 1924

†Antillaster lamberti Jeannet 1928

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Invalid names: Pseudoasterostoma habanensis Sanchez Roig 1952 [synonym]

†Antillaster sanchezi Lambert 1924

†Antillaster vaughani Jackson 1922

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Invalid names: Antillaster expansus Sanchez Roig 1953 [synonym], Antillaster guevarai Sanchez Roig 1952 [synonym], Antillaster herrerae Sanchez Roig 1951 [synonym]

Invalid names: Antillaster cartagensis Sanchez Roig 1949 [nomen nudum], Antillaster estenozi Sanchez Roig 1949 [nomen nudum], Antillaster giganteus Sanchez Roig 1949 [nomen dubium]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

high Mg calciteo

Ontogeny:

accretion, addition of partsp

Environment:

marineo

Locomotion:

slow-movingo

Life habit:

shallow infaunalo

Diet:

deposit feedero

Diet 2:

detritivoreo

Vision:

limitedc

Dispersal:

watero

Dispersal 2:

planktonico

Created:

2004-02-28 12:18:10

Modified:

2009-10-08 16:32:56

Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum

References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Middle Miocene or 23.04000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene	23.04 - 11.63	Cuba	A. cubensis, A. flexuosus, A. castroi, A. sanchezi (91139)