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Anthroosasterias

Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Urasterellidae

Taxonomy
Anthroosasterias was named by Blake (2017). It is not extant. Its type is Anthroosasterias stibareus.

It was assigned to Urasterellidae by Blake (2017), Blake (2018), Blake and Koniecki (2020).

Species
A. huxleyi, A. stibareus (type species)
Entered
by P. Novack-Gottshall on 2020-07-31; modified by P. Novack-Gottshall on 2020-12-29

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Anthroosasterias Blake
2018Anthroosasterias Blake p. 35
2020Anthroosasterias Blake and Koniecki p. 14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
orderHadrosida
familyUrasterellidae
genusAnthroosasteriasBlake 2017

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. †Anthroosasterias Blake 2017
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Anthroosasterias huxleyi Billings 1865
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitef
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Grouping: solitaryf
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Reproduction: oviparousf
Dispersal: waterf
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-09-08 02:28:25
Modified: 2009-09-08 04:28:25
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Blake and Rozhnov 2007, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Edenian to the top of the Osagean or 451.00000 to 342.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Katian452.8 - 445.2Canada (Ontario) A. huxleyi (192275 192276 211924)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) A. huxleyi (211923)
Kinderhookian - Osagean358.86 - 342.9USA (Iowa) A. stibareus (211921)