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Altusoblastus schultzei

Blastoidea - Pentremitida - Hyperoblastidae

Taxonomy
Pentremitidea clavata schultzei was named by Etheridge and Carpenter (1886). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Cordyloblastus schultzei by Breimer (1970); it was recombined as Hyperoblastus schultzei by Etheridge and Carpenter (1975); it was recombined as Altusoblastus schultzei by Bohatý et al. (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Pentremitidea clavata schultzei Etheridge and Carpenter
1970Cordyloblastus schultzei Breimer
1975Hyperoblastus schultzei Etheridge and Carpenter
2024Altusoblastus schultzei Bohatý et al. p. 26 fig. 14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
RankNameAuthor
classBlastoideaSay 1825
superorderSpiraculata(Jaekel 1918)
orderPentremitidaMatsumoto 1929
familyHyperoblastidaeFay 1964
genusAltusoblastus
speciesschultzei(Etheridge and Carpenter 1886)

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.

Altusoblastus schultzei Etheridge and Carpenter 1886
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 15:52:18
Modified: 2010-02-09 11:56:54
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Givetian or 383.40000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Spain Altusoblastus schultzei (27612)