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Mausoleaster

Ophiuroidea - Encrinasteridae

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Mausoleaster Jell and Holloway pp. 18 - 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classOphiuroidea
familyEncrinasteridae
subfamilyArmathyrasterinae
genusMausoleaster

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. †Mausoleaster Jell and Holloway 1983
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. A. Jell and D. J. Holloway 1983Armathyrasterin without disc or marginal frame; with very heavy plates in mouth frame almost identical with those of Lapworthura\ with very large podial basins on ambulacral plates; with pinnular adambulacral plates having large, possibly spinose adradial expansion; and with adambulacral plates only in contact adradially.
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 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Gorstian or 426.70000 to 425.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Australia (Victoria) M. sugarloafensis (25711)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Australia (Victoria) M. sugarloafensis (25678)