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Eugasterella thorni

Ophiuroidea - Oegophiurida - Protasteridae

Taxonomy
Eugasterella thorni was named by Kesling (1969). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Holotype UMMP 57475a, Paratype UMMP 57473-57486. Its type locality is Eugasterella collection, Arkona Shale, Ausable River, which is in a Devonian marine limestone in the Arkona Shale Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Eugasterella thorni Kesling pp. 38-44 figs. figs. 1, 2; pl. 1-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Asterozoa()
classOphiuroidea
orderOegophiurida
suborderLysophiurina()
familyProtasteridae
genusEugasterella
speciesthorni

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.

†Eugasterella thorni Kesling 1969
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: slow-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: detritivorec
Diet 2: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 11:30:09
Modified: 2010-02-12 01:58:57
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Middle Devonian or 393.30000 to 382.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7Canada (Ontario) Eugasterella thorni (type locality: 193694)