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Coulonia parva

Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae

Taxonomy
Coulonia parva was named by Neumann and Hess (2001). Its type specimen is Holotype MBE2917 at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Asteroidea, Santonian, Sierra de Montsech, Pyrenees, which is in a Santonian transition zone/lower shoreface marl/grainstone in Spain.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Coulonia parva Neumann and Hess pp. 8-10 figs. figs. 2-4

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

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.

Coulonia parva Neumann and Hess 2001
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. Neumann and H. Hess 2001Small Coulonia species with comparatively long arms (R/r approx. 3/1); One row of actinals reach far into the arms; inferomarginals on interbrachial arc with deep fasciolar grooves that are less developed on the arms where ossicles are stouter; no larger spines on adambulacrals and probably none on inferomarginals.
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 et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Blake 1990

Age range: Late/Upper Santonian or 85.80000 to 83.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Spain Coulonia parva (type locality: 59762)