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Pentasteria (Pentasteria)

Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Pentasteria (Pentasteria) Hess p. 331
1966Pentasteria (Pentasteria) Spencer and Wright p. U46
1972Pentasteria (Pentasteria) Hess p. 9
2011Pentasteria (Pentasteria) Gale p. 57
2020Pentasteria (Pentasteria) Gale p. 310

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderPaxillosida
familyAstropectinidae
genusPentasteria
subgenusPentasteria

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.

Subg. †Pentasteria (Pentasteria) Hess 1960
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Pentasteria (Pentasteria) tithonica Kutscher and Röper 1999
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitef
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Grouping: solitaryf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Reproduction: oviparousf
Dispersal: waterf
Dispersal 2: planktonicf
Created: 2007-10-02 03:56:56
Modified: 2009-10-10 10:31:00
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum
References: Blake 1990, Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Bajocian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 171.60000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7Switzerland Pentasteria kelleri (32036)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bayern) Pentasteria tithonica (31994)