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Goniasterinae

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy
Goniasterinae was named by Forbes (1841). It is extant. Its type is Goniaster.

It was assigned to Goniasteridae by Spencer and Wright (1966).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Goniasterinae Forbes
1966Goniasterinae Spencer and Wright p. U57

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

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.

Subfm. Goniasterinae Forbes 1841
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G. Goniaster Agassiz 1836
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Subg. Goniaster (Stellaster) Gray 1840
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†Stellaster ottoi Geinitz 1871
†Stellaster tuberculifer Dreschner 1863
†Goniaster marginatus Forbes 1848
†Goniaster scrobiculatus Heller 1858
†Goniaster stokesii Forbes 1848
G. Pentagonaster Gray 1840
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†Pentagonaster browni Weller 1905
†Pentagonaster muelleri Heller 1858
Invalid names: Astrogonium Müller and Troschel 1842 [synonym]
G. †Recurvaster Brünnich-Nielsen 1943
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†Recurvaster blackmorei Rasmussen 1950
†Recurvaster lorioli Jux 1957
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Invalid names: Recurvaster communis Brünnich-Nielsen 1943 [synonym]
†Recurvaster migrans Breton and Vizcaïno 1997
†Recurvaster radiatus Spencer 1913
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Invalid names: Recurvaster echinatus Brünnich-Nielsen 1943 [synonym], Recurvaster gibber Schulz and Weitschat 1971 [synonym], Recurvaster stevensensis Brünnich-Nielsen 1943 [synonym]
†Recurvaster spiniger Jagt 2000
G. Sphaeriodiscus Fisher 1910
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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 et al. 2004, Blake 1990, Aberhan 1992

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Bartonian or 83.50000 to 38.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 70.6 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Belgium (Liege) Recurvaster radiatus (32147 32150)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Recurvaster gibber (32022)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) Recurvaster spiniger (32148 32151)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) Recurvaster spiniger (32172)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) Recurvaster antemammillatus (32167)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (New Jersey) Goniaster mammillata (58941)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Denmark Metopaster mammillatus (89866)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (New Jersey) Goniaster mammilata (3113)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France Recurvaster migrans (59787 59788 59789)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Teichaster stokesi (76601)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (South Carolina) Recurvaster sp. (5342)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (North Carolina) Recurvaster sp. (5366 5367)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (South Carolina) Recurvaster sp. (5343 5344 5345 5353 5354)