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Germanasterias amplipapularia

Asteroidea - Asteriidae

Taxonomy
Germanasterias amplipapularia was named by Blake (1990). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart, Holotype 18869a-b. Its type locality is Asteroidea, Göppingen, Angulata zone, which is in a Hettangian marine siltstone in Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Germanasterias amplipapularia Blake pp. 118-120 figs. 1-2
2011Germanasterias amplipapularia Gale p. 60

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderSurculifera
—Tripedicellaria
—Forcipulatida()
familyAsteriidae
genusGermanasterias
speciesamplipapularia

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.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. B. Blake 1990Same for the genus, by monotypy
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-28 17:11:12
Modified: 2009-10-10 10:38:25
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Hettangian or 201.30000 to 196.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Germany (Württemberg) Germanasterias amplipapularia (type locality: 59868)