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Tomidaster sulcatus

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy
Tomidaster sulcatus was named by Sladen (1891). Its type specimen is Natural History Museum, London, holotype BNHM E 5063 and is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Tomidaster.

It was recombined as Ophryaster sulcatus by Smith et al. (1988), Lewis (1993).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Tomidaster sulcatus Sladen figs. pl. 5, fig. 1a-c
1988Ophryaster sulcatus Smith et al. pp. 200-201 figs. pl. 42, fig. 1
1992Tomidaster sulcatus Breton pp. 304-305
1993Ophryaster sulcatus Lewis p. 61

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

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.

†Tomidaster sulcatus Sladen 1891
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. B. Smith et al. 1988The interradial marginals are proportionately high and short. Granule pits cover the outer face. Both supero- and inferomarginals each bear a single slit-like pedicellaria running along the length of the lateral surface. Similar pedicellariae are scattered unevenly on the oral intermediate ossicles.
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: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom Ophryaster sulcatus (59682 59688)