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Fandasteridae

Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Fandasteridae

Taxonomy
Fandasteridae was named by Blake and Elliott (2003). It is not extant. Its type is Fandasterias.

It was assigned to Asteroidea by Blake and Elliott (2003); and to Hadrosida by Blake (2018).

Subtaxa
Fandasterias (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Fandasteridae Blake and Elliott p. 486
2018Fandasteridae Blake p. 45

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
orderHadrosida
familyFandasteridae
familyFandasteridae

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.

Fm. †Fandasteridae Blake and Elliott 2003
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G. †Fandasterias Blake 1995
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Fandasterias facetus Blake 1995
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. B. Blake and D. R. Elliott 2003Primary circlet robust, enlarged relative to adjacent ossicles; interradials, radials nearly equisized, transversely elongate; "extraneous" or "x" ossicles not recognized. Carinals in double series, series discimilar; inferomarginals forming angular arm margin, adambulacrals inset, not part of arm margin. Axillaries absent; ambulacrals, adambulacrals paired. Podial pores absent in type.
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 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Osagean to the top of the Ivorian or 352.00000 to 346.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7Ireland Fandasterias facetus (97256)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (Missouri) Fandasterias sp. (91187)