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Douvillaster

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Toxasteridae

Taxonomy
Douvillaster is a genus. It is not extant.

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

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Douvillaster Fischer p. U553
1984Douvillaster Kier p. 15
2002Douvillaster Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
familyToxasteridae
genusDouvillaster

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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Douvillaster triangularis Sanchez Roig 1949
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 Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Middle Cenomanian or 106.30000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.2 - 100.5Madagascar (Mahajanga) D. hourcqi (86497)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Madagascar D. hourcqi (98230)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Spain (Alicante) D. longesulcatus (38035)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Spain D. longesulcatus (3824) D. sp. (3823)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Spain D. longesulcatus, D. sp. (3832)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Mozambique D. hourcqui (174799 174830)