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Caletaster

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy
Caletaster was named by Breton (1978) [Sepkoski's age data: K Ceno-l K Ceno-u]. It is not extant. Its type is Caletaster girardi.

It was assigned to Valvatida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Goniasteridae by Breton (1978), Breton (1992), Breton and Néraudeau (2008) and Villier (2010).

Species
C. barremicus, C. decombei, C. girardi (type species), C. romani

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Caletaster Breton p. 47
1992Caletaster Breton p. 320
2002Caletaster Sepkoski
2008Caletaster Breton and Néraudeau p. 334
2010Caletaster Villier p. 710

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderValvatida
familyGoniasteridae
genusCaletaster

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. †Caletaster Breton 1978
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†Caletaster barremicus Villier 2010
†Caletaster decombei Breton 1992
†Caletaster girardi Breton 1978
†Caletaster romani Breton 1988
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. Breton 1992Body stellate, arms short, triangular, with a round interbrachial arc. Marginal plates numerous, all short, slightly thorny. Superomarginal join at mid length of the arm. External face of the marginal convex, but never domed. Ornament of numerous dense rounded and evenly distributed granule-pits, sometime associated with tiny tubercles. Rare pedicellariae pits of rounded to oval shape, winged or not.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitef
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterf
Dispersal 2: planktonicf
Created: 2007-10-02 04:01:50
Modified: 2007-10-02 06:05:14
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Blake 1990

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Santonian or 130.00000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45France (Drôme) C. barremicus (75576 177726)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Charentes) C. romani (64881)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Charente-Maritime) C. romani (64878)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom C. sp. (59681 59682 59688)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France (Poitou-Charentes) C. romani (73862 73863)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France C. romani (59619 59658 59813 59814 59815 59816 59817 59818)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France C. romani (59799 59806 59807 59808 59811 59819)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Spain C. girardi (92949)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3France C. sp., C. girardi (59680)
Late/Upper Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Spain C. girardi (92947 92948)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian89.3 - 83.5France C. girardi (59675)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6France C. romani (59581)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5France C. girardi (59677)