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Capellia mauricei

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy
Capellia mauricei was named by Blake and Reid (1998). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Southern Methodist University, Holotype SMU 30021, Paratype SMU 30062-30065. Its type locality is South of Fossil Ridge Circle, which is in an Albian offshore mudstone in the Pawpaw Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Capellia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Capellia mauricei Blake and Reid pp. 514-515 figs. 3.1-7

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

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.

Capellia mauricei Blake and Reid 1998
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. B. Blake and R. Reid 1998Same as the genus by monotypy
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitef
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterf
Dispersal 2: planktonicf
Created: 2007-10-02 04:01:50
Modified: 2007-10-02 06:05:14
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Blake 1990, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Late/Upper Albian or 106.30000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5USA (Texas) Capellia mauricei (type locality: 59873)