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Pentasteria (Archastropecten) lithographica

Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae

Taxonomy
Plutonaster lithographicus was named by de Loriol (1895). Its type specimen is Holotype ML 20 015 381, Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Lyon and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Archastropecten lithographica by Hess (1955); it was recombined as Pentasteria (Archastropecten) lithographica by Breton et al. (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Plutonaster lithographicus de Loriol p. 5 figs. pl. 1 fig. 3
1955Archastropecten lithographica Hess pp. 34-35
1994Pentasteria (Archastropecten) lithographica Breton et al. pp. 56-57 figs. text-fig. 4, pl. 1 fig. 5-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderPaxillosida
familyAstropectinidae
genusPentasteria
subgenusArchastropecten()
specieslithographica()

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.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. Breton et al. 1994R/r ratio equals to 3.5. Arms acute, with straight sides. Interbrachial sinus deep but rounded. Thirty-five pairs of marginal plates per half-arc. Marginals twice large as long in the interbrachial arc, squared near the arm tip, where marginals are tall and highly domed. One short columnar spine in the actinal side and one or two abradial spines on every inferomarginal plate.
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 Kimmeridgian or 155.70000 to 150.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France Pentasteria lithographica (58209)