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Epiaster

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Spatangidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Epiaster Kew p. 143
1938Epiaster Grant and Hertlein p. 111
2002Epiaster Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderBrissidina
superfamilySpatangidea
familySpatangidae
genusEpiaster

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. †Epiaster
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†Epiaster brevipetalus Smith and Wright 2008
†Epiaster catumbellensis de Loriol 1888
†Epiaster depressus Kew 1920
†Epiaster distinctus Agassiz and Desor 1847
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Invalid names: Epiaster polygonus Orbigny 1991 [synonym]
†Epiaster michelini d'Orbigny 1847
†Epiaster whitei Clark 1891
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: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Campanian or 119.57000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Switzerland E. polygonus (2174 2233 2234)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Morocco (Western High Atlas) E. restrictus (2070)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Algeria E. restrictus (40787 40788)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Mexico (Coahuila de Zaragoza) E. sp. (88253)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Madagascar E. besairiei, E. jeanneti (98245)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Madagascar (Mahajanga) E. jeanneti, E. besairiei (86497)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3Madagascar (Mahajanga) E. besairiei (86503)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Angola E. catumbellensis (210726 210730 210731 210777 210778 210779 210780 210781 210851)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5France E. distinctus (56552 58363)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Spain E. sp. (3823 3824 3829)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5USA (Texas) E. whitei (58637)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Portugal E. sp. (145896)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Late/Upper Albian100.5 - 100.5Spain E. sp. (3832)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Arab Emirates E. dartoni, E. blanckenhorni (3792)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Angola E. catumbellensis (210860)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Angola E. catumbellensis (210856)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Micraster distinctus (59809)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom Micraster distinctus (59708)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Germany (Bayern) E. distinctus, E. brevipetalus (114012)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Gabon E. michelini (209609)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8France E. michelini (3778)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Spain E. laxoporus (66965)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Spain E. laxoporus (66963)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6France E. laxoporus (3736)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6France E. laxoporus (3780)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2France E. laxoporus (3784)