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Zorocallida

Asteroidea - Zorocallida

Taxonomy
Zorocallida was named by Downey (1970). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Fau and Villier (2023).

It was reranked as the suborder Zorocallina by Eagle (2006), Ewin and Gale (2020), Gale and Jagt (2021).

It was assigned to Asteroidea by Downey (1970); to Forcipulatida by Eagle (2006), Ewin and Gale (2020), Gale and Jagt (2021); and to Forcipulatacea by Fau and Villier (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Zorocallida Downey
2006Zorocallina Eagle p. 83
2020Zorocallina Ewin and Gale p. 942
2021Zorocallina Gale and Jagt p. 182
2023Zorocallida Fau and Villier p. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderForcipulatacea
orderZorocallida
orderZorocallida

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.

Or. Zorocallida Downey 1970
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G. †Protothyraster Hess 1970
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†Protothyraster priscus de Loriol 1874
G. †Terminaster Hess 1974
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†Terminaster cancriformis Quenstedt 1876
Fm. †Terminasteridae Gale 2011
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G. †Alkaidia Blake and Reid 1998
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†Alkaidia megaungula Ewin and Gale 2020
†Alkaidia sumralli Blake and Reid 1998
G. †Viridisaster Fau and Villier 2023
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†Viridisaster guerangeri Fau and Villier 2023
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 15:35:10
Modified: 2010-02-09 06:02:08
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Liasicus to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 201.40000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Liasicus201.4 - 199.5Belgium Terminaster sp. (40087)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Luxembourg Terminaster spinulosus, Terminaster sp. (32014)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Germany (Brandenburg) Terminaster cancriformis (32016)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5France Terminaster cancriformis (58221)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Switzerland Terminaster cancriformis (58317)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8France Terminaster cancriformis (61724)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Switzerland (Neuchatel) Protothyraster priscus (31986)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5USA (Texas) Alkaidia sumralli (59875 59876 59878 59880)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) Alkaidia sumralli (59881 59882 59883)