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Sladenia fourtaui

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Ophidiasteridae

Taxonomy
Nardoa fourtaui was named by de Loriol (1904). Its type specimen is Geological Museum, Cairo, n°782-3 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Sladenia.

It was recombined as Sladenia fourtaui by de Loriol (1909), Fourtau (1914), Fourtau (1921) and Spencer and Wright (1966).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Nardoa fourtaui de Loriol p. 65 figs. pl. 4, fig. 23
1909Sladenia fourtaui de Loriol pp. 170-172 figs. pl. 10, fig. 2
1914Sladenia fourtaui Fourtau pp. 100-101
1921Sladenia fourtaui Fourtau p. 100
1966Sladenia fourtaui Spencer and Wright p. U64 figs. fig. 58.1

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

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.

Sladenia fourtaui de Loriol 1904
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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: omnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterf
Dispersal 2: planktonicf
Created: 2007-10-02 04:06:31
Modified: 2009-10-10 11:01:12
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum
References: Blake 1990, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Santonian or 86.30000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Egypt (Al Jizah) Sladenia fourtaui (38659)