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Comptoniaster fourtaui

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy
Comptonia fourtaui was named by de Loriol (1909). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Geological Museum, Cairo, n°784.

It was recombined as Comptoniaster fourtaui by Breton (1983) and Breton (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Comptonia fourtaui de Loriol p. 170 figs. pl. 10 fig. 1
1914Comptonia fourtaui Fourtau pp. 97-98
1983Comptoniaster fourtaui Breton p. 244
1992Comptoniaster fourtaui Breton p. 245

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderValvatida
familyGoniasteridae
genusComptoniaster
speciesfourtaui()

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.

†Comptoniaster fourtaui de Loriol 1909
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Blake 1990

Age range: Santonian or 86.30000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Egypt (Al Jizah) Comptonia fourtaui (38659)