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Micrasteridae

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Micrasteridae

Taxonomy
Micrasterinae was named by Lambert (1920).

It was reranked as the family Micrasteridae by Fischer (1966) and Kroh and Smith (2010).

It was assigned to Micrasterina by Fischer (1966) and Kroh and Smith (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Micrasteridae Fischer p. U580
2010Micrasteridae Kroh and Smith p. 173

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderMicrasterina
familyMicrasteridae()
familyMicrasteridae()

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.

Fm. †Micrasteridae Lambert 1920
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†Habanaster sanchezi Lambert 1924
G. †Micraster Agassiz 1836
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Subg. †Micraster (Micraster) Fischer 1966
Subg. †Micraster (Plesiaster) Pomel 1883
†Micraster acutus Agassiz 1836
†Micraster americanus Stephenson 1941
†Micraster carinatus Djabarov 1964
†Micraster coranguinum Leske 1778
†Micraster corbovis Forbes 1850
†Micraster cortestudinarium Goldfuss 1826
†Micraster glyphus Schluter 1869
†Micraster leskei d'Orbigny 1855
†Micraster pseudorostratus Djabarov 1964
†Micraster rogalae Nowak 1909
†Micraster schlueteri Böhm 1891
†Micraster schroederi Stolley 1892
†Micraster uddeni Cooke 1953
G. †Ovulaster
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†Ovulaster protodecimae Giusberti et al. 2005
†Ovulaster reticulates Smith et al. 1999
Invalid names: Cyclasterinae Poslavskaya 1964 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: shallow infaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Diet 2: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-28 12:18:10
Modified: 2009-10-08 16:32:56
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Turonian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 93.90000 to 15.97000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma

Collections (164 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0Japan (Kumamoto) Plesiaster peini (204448)
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0Japan (Kagashima) Plesiaster peini (204447)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Micraster crassissimus (59802 59815)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Serbia and Montenegro Micraster acutus (164671)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian99.6 - 89.3Egypt (Sinai) Micraster corbovis, Micraster leskei (3762)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8United Kingdom (England) Micraster corbovis, Micraster leskei (38601) Micraster normanniae (38598 38607) Micraster normanniae, Micraster corbovis, Micraster leskei (38595)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Egypt (Sinai) Micraster corbovis (3765)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Germany Micraster leskei (12686 12688 12689 12690 12691 12692 12693 12704) Micraster sp. (12709 12710 12711 12713 12714 12715)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Czech Republic Micraster leskei (99235)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Turkmenistan Micraster corbovis (196656)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommem) Micraster borchardi (93289)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Poland Micraster leskei (97983)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3France Micraster decipiens (59650)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Spain Micraster matheroni, Micraster corbaricus (66967)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6France Micraster turonensis, Micraster decipiens (3736)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Turkmenistan Micraster cortestudinarium, Micraster carinatus (196558) Micraster leskei (196557)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.3 - 85.8France Micraster decipiens (59798)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Germany Micraster sp. (12716 12717) Micraster sp., Micraster leskei (12718 12719 12720)
Late/Upper Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Spain Micraster brevis (74370 74375 74376 74379 74380 74381 74382 74386 74388 74389 74390) Micraster brevis, Micraster sp. 1 (74385 74387) Micraster sp. 1 (74369)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian89.3 - 83.6Spain Micraster corbaricus, Micraster matheroni (66968 66969)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Spain Micraster sp. (66983)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6USA (Texas) Micraster uddeni (197717)
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5Austria Micraster sp. (173328)
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5Spain Micraster brevis (74400 74401 74405 74407 74410 74412 74416 74417 74426 74427 74429 74436 74438 74439 74440 74441 74442 74443 74444 74445 74446 74447 74448 74450 74451 74452 74453 74454 74455 74458 74461) Micraster brevis, Micraster matheroni (74468) Micraster brevis, Micraster sp. 1 (74435) Micraster matheroni (74462 74466) Micraster sp. 1 (74434 74449)
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5Turkmenistan Micraster coranguinum (196657 196658)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Austria Micraster sp. (146295)
Middle Santonian - Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5France Micraster sp. (59652)
Late/Upper Santonian - Campanian85.8 - 72.1Spain Micraster corbaricus, Micraster gourdoni, Micraster matheroni (66989)
Late/Upper Santonian - Middle Campanian85.8 - 70.6Antarctica Micraster regularis (39619)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1France Micraster regularis (3784)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Spain Micraster aturicus, Micraster stolleyi (66996)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1France (Poitou-Charentes) Micraster laxoporus, Micraster glyphus (87397)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany (Niedersachsen) Micraster fastigatus, Micraster schroederi, Micraster glyphus (31992)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6France Micraster sp. (59776)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Spain Micraster sp. (66993)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany Micraster glyphus (64141)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Turkmenistan Micraster pseudorostratus (196566) Micraster schroederi (196564 196565)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany Micraster stolleyi, Micraster glyphus (64187)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Arkansas) Micraster americanus (78165 78183 78199 83037 197647 197648 197649)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Tunisia Micraster sp. (47107) Plesiaster sp. (74533)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Belgium (Liege) Micraster stolleyi, Micraster schroederi (32147 32150)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Spain Micraster aturicus, Micraster stolleyi (66997) Micraster gourdoni, Micraster stolleyi (67002)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Turkmenistan Micraster glyphus (196567 196659)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Austria Micraster stolleyi, Micraster corcolumbarium, Micraster aturicus, Micraster schroederi (48008)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Landes) Micraster coranguinum (213812) Micraster corcolumbarium (213835)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany Micraster glyphus (63985 63995 64002 64127 64128 64130 64131 64132 64134 64135 64136 64142 64143 64155 64180) Micraster schlueteri (221859)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany (Niedersachsen) Micraster fastigatus, Micraster glyphus (31993)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Spain (Santander) Ovulaster reticulaws (157043)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Micraster americanus (78125 197616)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Brissopneustes ruegenensis (32022)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Micraster americanus (78195 197606)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) Micraster americanus (4517 4520 197652)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Austria (Niederösterreich) Brissopneustes sp. (87002) Brissopneustes vindobonnensis (87001)
Danian66.0 - 61.6France Isopneustes sp. (22970)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Denmark Brissopneustes suecicus, Micraster sp. (89866)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2Egypt Micraster sp. (87000)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Spain (Santander) Micraster tercensis (157015)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Cuba Habanaster sanchezi (91130)