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Asterodiscididae

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Asterodiscididae

Taxonomy
Asterodiscididae was named by Rowe (1977). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Mah and Blake (2012).

It was assigned to Valvatida by Rowe (1977), Blake (1989), Blake and Portell (2011) and Mah and Blake (2012).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Asterodiscididae Rowe
1989Asterodiscididae Blake p. 213
2011Asterodiscididae Blake and Portell p. 35
2012Asterodiscididae Mah and Blake p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderValvatida
familyAsterodiscididae
familyAsterodiscididae

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. Asterodiscididae Rowe 1977
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G. †Kionaster Blake and Portell 2011
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Kionaster petersonae Blake and Portell 2011
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 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Burdigalian or 20.44000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Kionaster petersonae (89576)