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Meturaster belli

Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Urasterellidae

Taxonomy
Meturaster belli was named by Blake et al. (2016). It is not extant. Its type specimen is USNM 629326. Its type locality is Snake Range, which is in a Darriwilian open shallow subtidal packstone/grainstone in the Lehman Formation of Nevada. It is the type species of Meturaster.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Meturaster belli Blake et al.
2018Meturaster belli Blake p. 37
2020Meturaster belli Blake and Koniecki p. 18 fig. 9.2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
orderHadrosida
familyUrasterellidae
genusMeturasterBlake et al. 2016
speciesbelliBlake et al. 2016

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.

Meturaster belli Blake et al. 2016
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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: Blake and Rozhnov 2007, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Darriwilian or 467.30000 to 458.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4USA (Nevada) Meturaster belli (type locality: 216847)