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Urasterella inyoensis

Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Urasterellidae

Taxonomy
Urasterella inyoensis was named by Stauffer (1930). Its type specimen is UCMP 33029 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kearsarge section, bed 10 (upper 200 ft.) of Stauffer 1930, which is in a Silurian carbonate limestone in the Vaughn Gulch Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Urasterella inyoensis Stauffer p. 109 figs. Plate 14, figure 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
orderHadrosida
familyUrasterellidae
genusUrasterella
speciesinyoensis

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.

Urasterella inyoensis Stauffer 1930
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Blake and Rozhnov 2007, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Silurian or 443.80000 to 419.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.8 - 419.2USA (California) Urasterella inyoensis (type locality: 229253)