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Crateraster reticulatus

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy
Teichaster reticulatus was named by Schulz and Weitschat (1981). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institute, University of Hamburg.

It was recombined as Crateraster reticulatus by Gale (1987), Jagt (2000) and Reich and Frenzel (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Teichaster reticulatus Schulz and Weitschat pp. 35-36 figs. pl. 5 fig. 7-9
1987Crateraster reticulatus Gale p. 184 figs. 6b, pl. 7 fig. 10
2000Crateraster reticulatus Jagt pp. 423-424 figs. pl. 16 fig. 12-14, pl. 17 fig. 1-4, 7-12
2002Crateraster reticulatus Reich and Frenzel fig. 182

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

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.

†Crateraster reticulatus Schulz and Weitschat 1981
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. S. Gale 1987Small to middle size Crateraster. Arms curved aborally. Tall proximal marginals. Deep impressed granule-pits.
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: Blake 1990, Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) Crateraster reticulatus (32148 32151)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Teichaster reticulatus (32022)