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Isaster benguellensis

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Toxasteridae

Taxonomy
Isaster benguellensis was named by de Loriol (1888). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dombe-Grande (Couches à Schloenbachia inflata), which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in the Catumbela Formation of Angola.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
I. toulai

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Isaster benguellensis de Loriol p. 108 figs. Pl 8, figs 1,2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
familyToxasteridae
genusIsaster
speciesbenguellensis

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.

†Isaster benguellensis de Loriol 1888
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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 Albian or 106.30000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Angola Isaster benguellensis (type locality: 210852)