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Teleosaster creasyi

Ophiuroidea - Oegophiurida - Protasteridae

Taxonomy
Teleosaster creasyi was named by Hunter and McNamara (2017). Its type specimen is WAM 11.1b and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gascoyne Junction (WAM collection), which is in a Kungurian shoreface sandstone in the Cundlego Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Teleosaster.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Teleosaster creasyi Hunter and McNamara p. 897 figs. 2, 5, 6, 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classOphiuroidea
orderOegophiurida
suborderLysophiurina()
familyProtasteridae
subfamilyProtasterinae
genusTeleosaster
speciescreasyi

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.

†Teleosaster creasyi Hunter and McNamara 2017
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: slow-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: detritivorec
Diet 2: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 11:30:09
Modified: 2010-02-12 01:58:57
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Kungurian or 283.30000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Australia (Western Australia) Teleosaster creasyi (type locality: 194355 236547)