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Dipsacaster

Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae

Taxonomy

Entered
by L. Villier on 2006-04-11; modified by L. Villier on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Dipsacaster Alcock
1995Dipsacaster Breton et al. p. 38
2011Dipsacaster Blake and Reboul p. 1031

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

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. Dipsacaster Alcock 1893
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Dipsacaster africanus Blake and Reboul 2011
Dipsacaster jadeti Breton et al. 1995
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
Created: 2007-10-02 03:56:56
Modified: 2009-10-10 10:31:00
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum
References: Blake 1990, Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Barremian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 125.77000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Morocco D. africanus (124947)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0France (Haute-Garonne) D. jadeti (13218)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0France D. jadeti (59763)