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Lophidiaster ornatus

Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae

Taxonomy
Lophidiaster ornatus was named by Spencer (1913). Its type specimen is holotype B 17718, Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Astropecten ornatus by Rasmussen (1950).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Lophidiaster ornatus Spencer pp. 138-139 figs. pl. 11 figs 19, 22
1915Lophidiaster ornatus Valette p. 62
1937Lophidiaster ornatus Lehner p. 172
1940Lophidiaster ornatus Wright and Wright pp. 245-246
1943Lophidiaster ornatus Brünnich-Nielsen p. 66 figs. fig. 16
1945Lophidiaster ornatus Rasmussen p. 424
1950Astropecten ornatus Rasmussen pp. 90-91
1951Lophidiaster ornatus Casey p. 463
1953Lophidiaster ornatus Müller p. 62
1955Lophidiaster ornatus Hess pp. 65-66
1988Lophidiaster ornatus Smith et al. p. 208

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderPaxillosida
familyAstropectinidae
subfamilyAstropectininae
genusLophidiaster
speciesornatus

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.

Lophidiaster ornatus Spencer 1913
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Blake 1990, Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Late/Upper Santonian or 112.03000 to 83.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0United Kingdom (England) Lophidiaster ornatus (1782)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian89.3 - 83.5France Lophidiaster ornatus (59675)
Middle Santonian - Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5France Lophidiaster ornatus (59652)