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Advenaster inermis

Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae

Taxonomy
Advenaster inermis was named by Hess (1955). Its type specimen is at the Naturhistorisches Museum Basel and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Advenaster.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Advenaster inermis Hess pp. 24-27 figs. text-figs. 3, 9, pl. 1, 2, pl. 3 fig. 5
1966Advenaster inermis Spencer and Wright p. U45 figs. fig. 44.1
1972Advenaster inermis Hess pp. 7-9 figs. text-figs. 1, 2; pl. 1 fig. 1-2; pl. 3 fig. 3
1973Advenaster inermis Hess p. 627
1987Advenaster inermis Hess figs. fig. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderPaxillosida
familyAstropectinidae
genusAdvenaster
speciesinermis

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.

Advenaster inermis Hess 1955
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. Hess 1955Tubercles of the superomarginal smaller than those oft he inferomarginal plates. The tubercles being twice large in the plate center than on the lateral sides, where they also become flattened. Every tubercle has a pit at tits extremity. The Actinolateral plates are imbricated like roof-tiles.
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: Aberhan 1992, Blake 1990, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Bajocian or 171.60000 to 167.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7Switzerland Advenaster inermis (32036)