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Austroblastus whitehousei

Blastoidea - Fissiculata - Codasteridae

Taxonomy
Austroblastus whitehousei was named by McKellar (1969). Its type specimen is UQ F11239 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nerimbera Quarry, Lakes Creek Siding, Rockhampton, which is in a Kungurian marine horizon in the Berserker Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Austroblastus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Austroblastus whitehousei McKellar p. 21 figs. Pl 4, figs 1-7; pl 5, figs 3-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
classBlastoideaSay 1825
orderFissiculataJaekel 1918
familyCodasteridaeEtheridge and Carpenter 1886
genusAustroblastus
specieswhitehousei

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.

Austroblastus whitehousei McKellar 1969
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-12-09 05:26:13
Modified: 2009-12-09 07:26:53
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Kungurian or 279.30000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Australia (Queensland) Austroblastus whitehousei (type locality: 101561)