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Echinasterella

Stenuroidea

Taxonomy
Echinasterella was named by Stürtz (1890) [Sepkoski's age data: D Emsi-l D u]. Its type is Echinasterella sladeni. It is the type genus of Palaechinasteridae.

It was assigned to Palasteriscidae by Schuchert (1915); to Palaechinasteridae by Lehmann (1957); to Helianthasteridae by Spencer and Wright (1966); to Hemizonida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Stenuroidea by Blake (2013).

Species
E. darwini, E. sladeni (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Echinasterella Stürtz p. 225
1915Echinasterella Schuchert p. 200
1957Echinasterella Lehmann p. 115
1966Echinasterella Spencer and Wright p. U65
2002Echinasterella Sepkoski
2013Echinasterella Blake p. 367

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
RankNameAuthor
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classStenuroidea()
genusEchinasterella

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.

G. †Echinasterella Stürtz 1890
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Echinasterella darwini Clarke 1913
Echinasterella sladeni Stürtz 1890
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: actively mobilesubp
Life habit: epifaunalsubp
Diet: carnivoresubp
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-09-21 12:38:42
Modified: 2009-09-21 14:38:42
Source: subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Emsian to the top of the Eifelian or 407.60000 to 387.70000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Germany E. sladeni (26904)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Brazil (Parana) E. sp. (37081 37082)
Emsian - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7Brazil (Parana) E. sp. (37106)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7South Africa E. sp. (35592)