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Ceramaster brandenensis

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy
Ceramaster brandenensis was named by Rasmussen (1951). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Geological Museum, Copenhagen, Holotype 7639.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Ceramaster brandenensis Rasmussen p. 588 fig. 1
1972Ceramaster brandenensis Rasmussen p. 57
1981Ceramaster brandenensis Kutscher p. 226 figs. pl. 3, fig. 3
1985Ceramaster brandenensis Kutscher p. 8 figs. pl. 3 fig. 2-4

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

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.

Ceramaster brandenensis Rasmussen 1951
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. W. Rasmussen 1951A Ceramaster whose compact median marginals are as long as they are broad, the height being distinctly less. The ultimate superomarginal is smaller than the median superomarginal; it may correspond to more than two one inferomarginal. The two most distal superomarginals from each side of the arm have met in mid-line of the arm. The outer surface of the marginals have shallow, closely placed pits which have borne steae. The central part of the surface is slightly elevated and bears scattered somewhat deeper, circular pits. This specially ornamented central area is strongly reduced on the median superomarginals and is quite absent on the inferomarginals.
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: Chattian or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Ceramaster brandenensis (32013)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Ceramaster brandenensis (32012)