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Granulosina

Asteroidea - Valvatida

Taxonomy
Granulosa was named by Perrier (1894). It is extant.

It was corrected as Granulosina by Spencer and Wright (1966) and Hess (1972).

It was assigned to Valvatida by Spencer and Wright (1966) and Hess (1972).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Granulosina Spencer and Wright p. U55
1972Granulosina Hess p. 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderValvatida
suborderGranulosina()
suborderGranulosina()

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.

Subor. Granulosina Perrier 1894
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Fm. Radiasteridae Fisher 1916
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G. †Indiaster Rao 1957
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Indiaster krishna Rao 1957
G. Radiaster Perrier 1881
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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 et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Late/Upper Bathonian or 167.70000 to 164.70000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 164.7 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7India Indiaster krishna (72017)