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Lopidiaster

Stenuroidea

Taxonomy
Lopidiaster was named by Blake et al. (2016). Its type is Lopidiaster jamisoni.

It was assigned to Stenuroidea by Blake et al. (2016).

Species
L. jamisoni (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Lopidiaster Blake et al. p. 165 figs. 4.1-4.5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
RankNameAuthor
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classStenuroidea()
genusLopidiaster

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. †Lopidiaster Blake et al. 2016
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Lopidiaster jamisoni Blake et al. 2016
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: actively mobilesubp
Life habit: epifaunalsubp
Diet: carnivoresubp
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-09-21 12:38:42
Modified: 2009-09-21 14:38:42
Source: subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Floian or 477.70000 to 470.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Floian477.7 - 470.0USA (Utah) L. jamisoni (216838)