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Recurvaster antemammillatus

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy
Recurvaster antemammillatus was named by Jagt (2000). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Natuurhistorisch Museum Maastricht, holotype NHMM K1424/d, paratypes NHMM 1424/a.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Recurvaster antemammillatus Jagt p. 410 figs. pl. 25, fig. 12-23; pl. 26, fig. 1, 4-5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderValvatida
familyGoniasteridae
subfamilyGoniasterinae
genusRecurvaster
speciesantemammillatus

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.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. W. M. Jagt 2000Medium-size species with tall, asymmetric median superomarginals, with well-delimited central area covered by close granule pits, an aboral swelling, and rather low, squat inferomarginals with the same ornament.
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 Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) Recurvaster antemammillatus (32167)