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Astropectinidae

Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Astropectinidae Gray p. 180
1884Astropectinidae Perrier p. 266
1889Astropectinidae Sladen p. 175
1915Astropectinidae Clark and Twitchell p. 40
1966Astropectinidae Spencer and Wright p. U45
1972Astropectinidae Hess p. 7
1987Astropectinidae Gale p. 124
1989Astropectinidae Blake p. 213
1993Astropectinidae Donovan et al. p. 129
1995Astropectinidae Blake and Sturgeon p. 377
2005Astropectinidae Blake and Jagt p. 189
2005Astropectinidae Donovan et al. p. 101
2007Astropectinidae Villier et al. p. 415
2008Astropectinidae Villier p. 148
2010Astropectinidae Villier p. 704
2011Astropectinidae Gale p. 57
2012Astropectinidae Mah and Blake p. 3
2014Astropectinidae Fernández et al. p. 213
2020Astropectinidae Ewin and Gale p. 932
2020Astropectinidae Gale p. 310

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderPaxillosida
familyAstropectinidae
familyAstropectinidae

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.

Fm. Astropectinidae Gray 1840
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G. †Advenaster Hess 1955
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†Advenaster inermis Hess 1955
G. †Aldebarania Blake and Sturgeon 1995
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†Aldebarania arenitea Blake and Sturgeon 1995
†Aldebarania taberna Blake and Jagt 2005
G. †Astrocratis Blake and Sprinkle 1996
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†Astrocratis acutispina Blake and Sprinkle 1996
G. Astropecten Gray 1840
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†Astropecten adriaticus Desmoulins 1832
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Invalid names: Astropecten salomacensis Valette 1925 [synonym], Astropecten saucatsensis Valette 1925 [synonym]
Astropecten aranciaca Linnaeus 1758
†Astropecten bathonicus Valette 1929
†Astropecten bononiensis Cavara 1886
†Astropecten castellanensis d'Orbigny 1850
†Astropecten casterasi Mercier 1935
†Astropecten corroyi Mercier 1935
†Astropecten crenulatus Seguenza 1880
†Astropecten delaunayi Mercier 1935
†Astropecten forbesi Heller 1858
†Astropecten foveolatus Meneghini 1862
†Astropecten granulatus Rasmussen 1972
†Astropecten helveticus Mayer 1872
†Astropecten linati del Prato 1896
†Astropecten matilijaensis Durham and Roberts 1948
†Astropecten montalionis Meneghini 1852
†Astropecten montanus Douglass 1903
†Astropecten moutieri Mercier 1935
†Astropecten navodicensis Nosowska 1997
†Astropecten ornatus Meneghini 1862
†Astropecten petrobonae Meneghini 1886
†Astropecten pichleri von Wöhrmann 1889
†Astropecten piveteaui Mercier 1935
†Astropecten porosus Agassiz 1835
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Invalid names: Coelaster couloni Agassiz 1835 [synonym]
†Astropecten scupini Andert 1934
†Astropecten soldanii Meneghini 1862
†Astropecten verrucosus Heller 1858
Subfm. Astropectininae Gray 1840
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G. †Lambertella Mercier 1935
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†Lambertella valetti Mercier 1935
G. †Lophidiaster Spencer 1913
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†Lophidiaster concavus Rasmussen 1972
†Lophidiaster haunsbergensis Rasmussen 1972
†Lophidiaster hawkinsi Mercier 1935
†Lophidiaster inversus Rasmussen 1972
†Lophidiaster ornatus Spencer 1913
†Lophidiaster postornatus Rasmussen 1945
†Lophidiaster punctatus Brünnich-Nielsen 1943
†Lophidiaster pygmaeus Spencer 1913
†Lophidiaster silentiensis McLearn 1944
G. †Boxaster Loba and Radwańska 2022
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†Boxaster wapienensis Loba and Radwańska 2022
G. †Coulonia de Loriol 1874
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†Coulonia caseyi Gale 2020
†Coulonia colei Forbes 1852
†Coulonia neocomiensis de Loriol 1874
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Invalid names: Cuneaster hauteriviensis Hess 1955 [synonym]
†Coulonia parva Neumann and Hess 2001
†Coulonia platispina Hess and Blake 1995
†Coulonia platyspina Hess and Blake 1995
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Invalid names: Betelgeusia orientalis Blake and Reboul 2011 [synonym]
Invalid names: Betelgeusia Blake and Reid 1998 [synonym], Cuneaster Hess 1955 [objective synonym]
G. Ctenophoraster Fisher 1906
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†Ctenophoraster downeyae Blake and Zinsmeister 1979
G. Dipsacaster Alcock 1893
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†Dipsacaster africanus Blake and Reboul 2011
†Dipsacaster jadeti Breton et al. 1995
G. †Eoastropecten Gale 2020
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G. †Eokainaster Blake 1981
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†Eokainaster pewei Miller and Unklesbay 1943
G. †Pentasteria Valette 1929
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†Archastropecten carroni de Loriol 1894
†Archastropecten carthusiae Hérenger 1944
†Archastropecten desori de Loriol 1874
†Archastropecten hooperi Wright 1880
†Archastropecten lorioli de Loriol and Pellat 1874
†Archastropecten mabillei de Loriol 1880
†Archastropecten orion Forbes 1848
†Archastropecten priscus Goldfuss 1833
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Invalid names: Asterias breviassula Quenstedt 1876 [synonym], Asterias longassula Quenstedt 1876 [synonym]
†Archastropecten rupellensis d'Orbigny 1850
†Archastropecten wilckensis de Loriol 1905
†Archastropecten wittsii Wright 1863
†Pentasteria boisteli Valette 1929
†Pentasteria elegans Fraas 1886
†Pentasteria gataui de Loriol 1887
†Pentasteria liasica Villier et al. 2004
†Pentasteria recta McCoy 1848
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Invalid names: Crenaster nodotiana d'Orbigny 1850 [synonym], Triboletia nodosa de Loriol 1908 [synonym]
Invalid names: Crenaster d'Orbigny 1850 [synonym], Triboletia de Loriol 1908 [synonym]
G. Persephonaster Wood-Mason and Alcock 1891
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G. Plutonaster Sladen 1889
G. †Prothrissacanthias Villier et al. 2007
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†Prothrissacanthias africanus Villier et al. 2007
G. †Riedaster Kutscher and Röper 1999
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†Riedaster reicheli Kutscher and Röper 1999
G. Tethyaster Sladen 1889
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†Tethyaster albertensis Hall and Moore 1990
†Tethyaster antares Fernández et al. 2014
†Tethyaster guerangeri Breton 1995
†Tethyaster jurassicus Blake 1986
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitef
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Grouping: solitaryf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Reproduction: oviparousf
Dispersal: waterf
Dispersal 2: planktonicf
Comments: ECOSPACE CODE: 425.f
Created: 2007-10-02 03:56:56
Modified: 2009-10-10 10:31:00
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Blake 1990, Aberhan 1992

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Tuvalian to the top of the Pliocene or 232.00000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 228.0 Ma

Collections (149 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Austria Astropecten pichleri (206002)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Germany Astropecten pichleri (206004)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5Austria Astropecten pichleri (149436)
Middle Toarcian182.0 - 175.6France (Poitou-Charentes) Pentasteria liasica (31839)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5USA (Utah) Tethyaster jurassicus (59915)
Discites171.6 - 167.7Luxembourg Astropectinidae indet. (141491)
Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7France Persephonaster arduennensis (59773)
Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7Switzerland Advenaster inermis, Pentasteria kelleri (32036)
Bajocian - Callovian170.3 - 163.5USA (Utah) Tethyaster jurassicus (59913)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1India Advenaster sp. (96836)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France Astropecten pivetaui, Lambertella valetti, Lophidiaster hawkinsi, Astropecten casterasi, Astropecten corroyi, Astropecten delaunayi, Astropecten moutieri (72284)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Germany (Brandenburg) Lophidiaster sp., Pentasteria longispina (32016)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2France Astropecten clavaeformis (72288)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Switzerland Pentasteria sp. (61717)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Poland Advenaster sp., Pentasteria sp. (63064)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2France Pentasteria recta (97871)
Late/Upper Callovian - Early/Lower Oxfordian164.7 - 155.7USA (Wyoming) Eokainaster pewei (59841)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Pentasteria longispina (61724)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland Pentasteria longispina (58317) Pentasteria recta (61723)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland Pentasteria longispina (58565 58566 58568) Pentasteria recta (62045) Pentasteria sp. (58567)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Pentasteria recta (62708 62710)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France Pentasteria infirma (58658) Pentasteria lithographica (58209)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany Pentasteria sp. (211294)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0France (Var) Pentasteria sp. (58575)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Pentasteria sp. (35262)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bayern) Riedaster reicheli, Pentasteria tithonica (31994)
Late/Upper Berriasian145.0 - 140.2Algeria Prothrissacanthias africanus (64322)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Greenland Astropecten sp. (82620 82623)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Argentina (Neuquen) Tethyaster antares (211979)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4France Astropecten carthusiae (64824)
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Germany Pentasteria sp. (91586)
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0France Coulonia neocomiensis (59653)
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Switzerland (Neuchatel) Coulonia neocomiensis (31986)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4France Goniaster couloni, Goniaster porosus (2199 2206 2209)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45France (Drôme) Coulonia neocomiensis (177726) Coulonia sp. (75576)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Morocco Betelgeusia orientalis, Dipsacaster africanus (124947)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Morocco (Marrakech) Coulonia platyspina (126611)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0United Kingdom (England) Lophidiaster sp. (1747)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Canada (Alberta) Lophidiaster silentiensis (99351)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0United Kingdom (England) Lophidiaster ornatus (1782)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6USA (Texas) Betelgeusia reidi (59873 59875 59876 59878)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Charentes) Astropectinidae indet. (64881)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Argentina (San Luis) Astropecten wilckensis (235482)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom Coulonia sp. (59681 59682)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Astropectinidae indet. (59816 59817 59818) Lophidiaster sp. (59619)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Texas) Betelgeusia reidi (59881 59883)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France (Poitou-Charentes) Astropectinidae indet. (73862 73863)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France (Normandy) Astropectinidae indet. (59658)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Astropectinidae indet. (59807 59808 59811)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Tethyaster guerangeri (59791)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Canada (Alberta) Tethyaster albertensis (99338)
Turonian - Santonian93.9 - 83.6USA (Montana) Astropecten montanus (203422)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3France Lophidiaster sp. (59620)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Czech Republic Astropecten scupini (31184)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3France Lophidiaster sp. (59650)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian89.3 - 83.5France Astropectinidae indet., Lophidiaster ornatus (59675) Lophidiaster sp. (59659)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Spain Coulonia parva (59762)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5France Lophidiaster sp. (59677)
Middle Santonian - Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5France Lophidiaster ornatus (59652)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) Astrocratis acutispina (59867)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Belgium (Liege) Coulonia sp. (32150) Coulonia sp., Lophidiaster pygmaeus (32147)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jamaica Astropectinidae indet. (27647 73148)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0France Dipsacaster jadeti (59763)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) Astropectinidae indet., Lophidiaster pygmaeus (32158) Lophidiaster pygmaeus (32148 32151)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Coulonia sp., Lophidiaster pygmaeus (32022)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) Aldebarania sp. (32167) Aldebarania taberna (78712) Astropectinidae indet. (32168) Lophidiaster pygmaeus (32159)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Haute-Garonne) Dipsacaster jadeti (13218)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands Astropectinidae indet., Aldebarania sp. (32161) Astropectinidae indet., Lophidiaster pygmaeus (32179)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Belgium (Liège) Aldebarania taberna (78714)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) Astropectinidae indet., Aldebarania sp. (32157) Astropectinidae indet., Lophidiaster pygmaeus (32153 32156) Lophidiaster pygmaeus (32172)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Carolina) Aldebarania arenitea (59866)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands Astropectinidae indet., Lophidiaster pygmaeus (32162)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian70.6 - 61.6Netherlands Astropectinidae indet. (32160)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian70.6 - 61.6Poland Astropectinidae indet. (64008)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Netherlands (Limburg) Astropecten sp., Lophidiaster punctatus (32170)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Denmark Lophidiaster pygmaeus (89866)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Antarctica Ctenophoraster downeyae (7296 42446 81846 98515 203480)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Lophidiaster concavus (76601)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France Tethyaster sp. (59788 59789)
Early/Lower Eocene - Lutetian55.8 - 41.3Jamaica Astropectinidae indet. (91193)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Jamaica Astropectinidae indet. (77041)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Antarctica Ctenophoraster downeyae (98330 98416 98514 203483 203484 203486 203493 203498) Ctenophoraster sp. (203487)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (California) Astropecten matilijaensis (202048 202049)
Lutetian - Priabonian47.8 - 33.9Antarctica Ctenophoraster downeyae (98517 203489 203502)
Bartonian - Late/Upper Eocene41.3 - 33.9Jamaica Astropectinidae indet. (69727)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Oregon) Astropecten sp. nov. (126108)
Priabonian - Rupelian38.0 - 28.1USA (Oregon) Astropecten sp. (59920)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Jamaica Astropectinidae indet. (91194)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Astropecten granulatus (32012)
Chattian - Serravallian28.1 - 11.62USA (Florida) Astropectinidae indet. (35020)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Jamaica Astropecten sp. (69729)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Chile Astropecten sp., Astropectinidae indet. (46977)
Aquitanian - Messinian23.03 - 5.333USA (Florida) Astropectinidae indet. (35017 35022)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Astropectinidae indet. (35018)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Egypt Astropecten sp. (47993)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (California) Astropecten sp. (44988)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland Astropecten sp., Astropecten navodicensis (126551)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Italy Astropecten bispinosus (62341)