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Cardiaster granulosus

Echinoidea - Holasteroida - Holasteridae

Taxonomy
Spatangus granulosus was named by Goldfuss (1826).

It was recombined as Cardiaster granulosus by Böhm (1891).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. cordiformis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Spatangus granulosus Goldfuss
1891Cardiaster granulosus Böhm p. 98

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Atelostomata
orderHolasteroida
suborderMeridosternata
familyHolasteridae
genusCardiasterForbes 1850
speciesgranulosus(Goldfuss 1826)

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.

†Cardiaster granulosus Goldfuss 1826
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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: actively mobileo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-29 10:02:19
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:44:56
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Senonian - Paleocene100.5 - 56.0Netherlands (Limburg) Cardiaster granulosus (31455)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Belgium Cardiaster granulosus (32171)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Belgium (Liege) Cardiaster granulosus (32147)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Cardiaster granulosus (32022)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) Cardiaster granulosus (32148 32151)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Germany Cardiaster granulosus (213668)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands Cardiaster granulosus (32161)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) Cardiaster granulosus (32153 32157)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands Cardiaster granulosus (32162)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian70.6 - 61.6Netherlands Cardiaster granulosus (32160)