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Aeropsidae

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Aeropsidae

Taxonomy
Aeropidae was named by Lambert (1896). It is extant.

It was corrected as Aeropsidae by Fischer (1966) and Kroh and Smith (2010).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Aeropsidae Fischer p. U578
2010Aeropsidae 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
familyAeropsidae()
familyAeropsidae()

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. Aeropsidae Lambert 1896
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Subfm. †Corasterinae Lambert and ThiĆ©ry 1924
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G. †Inflataster Anthula 1899
G. †Sphenaster Smith et al. 1999
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Sphenaster larumba Smith et al. 1999
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: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Thanetian or 59.20000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Spain (Santander) Sphenaster larumba (157024)