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Lophidiaster pygmaeus
Taxonomy
Lophidiaster pygmaeus was named by Spencer (1913). Its type specimen is Syntypes BNHM E 13263-4 and is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Astropecten pygmaeus by Rasmussen (1950) and Müller (1953).
It was recombined as Astropecten pygmaeus by Rasmussen (1950) and Müller (1953).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1913 | Lophidiaster pygmaeus Spencer p. 139 figs. pl. 16 fig. 17-19; pl. 11 fig. 20-21 |
| 1915 | Lophidiaster pygmaeus Valette pp. 62-63 figs. fig. 21 |
| 1925 | Lophidiaster pygmaeus Umbgrove p. 211 |
| 1937 | Lophidiaster pygmaeus Lehner p. 172 |
| 1940 | Lophidiaster pygmaeus Wright and Wright p. 245 |
| 1950 | Astropecten pygmaeus Rasmussen p. 92 figs. pl. 10 fig. 19 |
| 1953 | Astropecten pygmaeus Müller p. 63 figs. pl. 8 fig. a-b |
| 1955 | Lophidiaster pygmaeus Hess pp. 66-67 |
| 1956 | Lophidiaster pygmaeus Müller pp. 642-647 figs. pl. 1-2 |
| 1961 | Lophidiaster pygmaeus Müller p. 281 figs. text-fig. 3f, 4a |
| 1979 | Lophidiaster pygmaeus Rasmussen p. 70 |
| 1993 | Lophidiaster pygmaeus Lewis p. 55 |
| 1999 | Lophidiaster pygmaeus Jagt figs. pl. 2 fig. 9 |
| 2000 | Lophidiaster pygmaeus Jagt pp. 391-392 figs. pl. 4 fig. 1-7 |
| 2002 | Lophidiaster pygmaeus Reich and Frenzel p. 182 |
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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 pygmaeus Spencer 1913
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Blake 1990, Aberhan 1992 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Danian or 83.50000 to 61.60000 Ma
Collections (12 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Campanian | Belgium (Liege) | Lophidiaster pygmaeus (32147) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) | Lophidiaster pygmaeus (32022) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Belgium (Liege) | Lophidiaster pygmaeus (32148 32151 32158) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Netherlands (Limburg) | Lophidiaster pygmaeus (32159) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Belgium (Liege) | Lophidiaster pygmaeus (32153 32156 32172) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Netherlands | Lophidiaster pygmaeus (32179) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Maastrichtian | Netherlands | Lophidiaster pygmaeus (32162) | |
| Danian | Denmark | Lophidiaster pygmaeus (89866) |