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Paraster eustatii

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae

Taxonomy
Paraster eustatii was named by Engel (1961). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sugar Loaf, bed 31c, which is in a Pleistocene open shallow subtidal packstone in the White Wall Formation of Bonaire.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Paraster eustatii Engel p. 3 figs. 1-

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderPaleopneustina
familySchizasteridae()
genusParasterAgassiz 1835
specieseustatii

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.

Paraster eustatii Engel 1961
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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: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba (Sint Eustatius) Paraster eustatii (type locality: 209791)