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Plesiosolaster moretonis

Asteroidea - Plesiosolasteridae

Taxonomy
Solaster moretonis was named by Forbes (1856). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Holotype BMNH 40421. Its type locality is Echinoderms, Oberer Hauptrogenstein, Late Bajocian, Schinznach, Aargau, which is in a Bajocian open shallow subtidal grainstone/marl in Switzerland.

It was recombined as Brachisolaster moretonis by Blake (1993); it was recombined as Plesiosolaster moretonis by Hess (1972), Villier (2010), Gale (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Solaster moretonis Forbes pp. 1-3 figs. pl. 1
1863Solaster moretonis Wright pp. 104-106 figs. pl. 4, fig. 1
1876Solaster moretonis Quenstedt p. 96 figs. pl. 93, fig. 33
1966Solaster moretonis Spencer and Wright p. U67 figs. fig. 61.2
1972Plesiosolaster moretonis Hess pp. 20-22 figs. fig. 21-22; pl. 2, fig. 4; pl. 11, fig.
1993Brachisolaster moretonis Blake pp. 148-150 figs. fig. 1.2, 1.5; fig. 2.1-4
1993Solaster moretonis Lewis p. 64
2010Plesiosolaster moretonis Villier
2011Plesiosolaster moretonis Gale p. 62

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderSurculifera
—Spinulosida()
suborderEugnathina
familyPlesiosolasteridae
genusPlesiosolaster
speciesmoretonis()

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.

†Plesiosolaster moretonis Forbes 1856
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. B. Blake 1993Same as for the genus, by monotypy
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: coastal, inner shelf, outer shelf, marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Diet 2: suspension feedero
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2007-10-02 03:15:13
Modified: 2009-09-07 02:46:48
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Blake 1990, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Middle Bathonian or 168.20000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom Brachisolaster moretonis (59884)