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Scutaster vaquerosensis

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Scutasteridae

Taxonomy
Scutaster vaquerosensis was named by Loel and Corey (1932). Its type specimen is UCMP 31714, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. A-244, Santa Paula, which is in a Miocene marine sandstone in the Vaqueros Formation of California.

Subspecies
S. kewi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Scutaster vaquerosensis Loel and Corey p. 179 figs. Plate 5, figures 1a, 1b, 3
1938Scutaster vaquerosensis Grant and Hertlein p. 95

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
orderClypeasteroida
suborderScutellina()
infraorderScutelliformes
familyScutasteridae
genusScutaster
speciesvaquerosensis

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.

†Scutaster vaquerosensis Loel and Corey 1932
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†Scutaster vaquerosensis kewi Loel and Corey 1932
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 18:19:59
Modified: 2009-10-08 15:05:22
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (California) Scutaster vaquerosensis (type locality: 203554 238136 238137 238143 238172) Scutaster vaquerosensis, Scutaster vaquerosensis (238142 238144)