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Cardiaster patagonicus

Echinoidea - Holasteroida - Holasteridae

Taxonomy
Cardiaster patagonicus was named by Wilckens (1907). It is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Cardiaster patagonicus Wilckens

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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
speciespatagonicus

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 patagonicus Wilckens 1907
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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 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Turonian to the top of the Campanian or 93.90000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Chile (Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica) Cardiaster patagonicus (235515)
Turonian - Campanian93.9 - 72.1Chile (Torres de Paine, Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica) Cardiaster patagonicus (235514 235516)