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Pteraster

Asteroidea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Pteraster Müller and Troschel
1875Pteraster Perrier
1966Pteraster Spencer and Wright p. U68
2022Pteraster Gale p. 6
2023Pteraster Gale p. 109

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderSurculifera
—Spinulosida()
—Chevronida
—Velatida()
—Pterasteridae()
genusPteraster

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.

G. Pteraster Müller and Troschel 1842
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†Pteraster angulatus Gale 2022
†Pteraster balticus Gale 2022
†Pteraster cretachiton Gale 2022
†Pteraster kutscheri Gale 2022
†Pteraster lyddenensis Gale 2023
†Pteraster nudus Gale 2022
†Pteraster paucispinus Gale 2022
†Pteraster turoniense Gale 2022
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A.S. Gale 2022Pterasterids of a thick, cushion-like form, pentagonal to stellate; actinolateral membrane usually narrow or at least not projecting much beyond ambitus; adambulacral spines webbed in transverse series; tube feet in two rows
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitef
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Grouping: solitaryf
Environment: outer shelf, oceanic, marineo
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Depth habitat: subthermoclineo
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2009-09-04 12:22:18
Modified: 2009-09-04 14:22:18
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Blake 1990, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Belgium (Liege) P. sp. (32150)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) P. sp. (32022)