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Phocidaster grandis

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Pycinasteridae

Taxonomy
Phocidaster grandis was named by Spencer (1913). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Geological Survey, 26695. It is the type species of Phocidaster.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Phocidaster grandis Spencer p. 140 figs. pl. 13 fig. 29 only
1940Phocidaster grandis Wright and Wright p. 241 figs. pl. 14 fig. 7-8, pl. 15 fig. 5, 6, 12
1966Phocidaster grandis Spencer and Wright p. U59 fig. 54.1
1988Phocidaster grandis Smith et al. pp. 197-198 figs. pl. 41 fig. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderValvatida
familyPycinasteridae()
genusPhocidaster
speciesgrandis

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.

†Phocidaster grandis Spencer 1913
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. W. Wright and E.V. Wright 1940Bulbous marginal of great height, bilaterally symmetrical, with a profile like that of Pycinaster, ornamented with fine shallow spine-pits between small rugosities. The main articular faces are distinctly concave. The ossicles known were probably single prominent superomarginalia in the centre of each interradial arc.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 15:35:10
Modified: 2010-02-09 06:02:08
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Albian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 113.00000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) Phocidaster grandis (86977)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom Phocidaster grandis (59682)