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Tylasteria

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy
Tylasteria was named by Valette (1929) [Sepkoski's age data: J Bajo-u K Albi Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Valvatida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Goniasteridae by Valette (1929), Spencer and Wright (1966), Hess (1972), Breton (1992), Gale (2011) and Gale (2011).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Tylaster Spencer
1929Tylasteria Valette
1966Tylasteria Spencer and Wright p. U63
1972Tylasteria Hess p. 14
1992Tylasteria Breton pp. 250-251
2002Tylasteria Sepkoski
2011Tylasteria Gale p. 59

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

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. †Tylasteria Valette 1929
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Tylasteria aalensis Mercier 1935
Tylasteria jurensis Goldfuss 1833
Tylasteria luciensis Mercier 1935
Tylasteria prisca Valette 1928
Invalid names: Tylaster Spencer 1913 [replaced]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. Breton 1992Form robust, with a large disc and arm obtuse to slender, moderately wide at their base. Interbrachial arc rounded. Marginal plates numerous, wider than long, with a convex to angular profile, a convex external facecovered with large dense deeply impressed granule-pits that form a honeycomb surface and are sometime irregular in size. Abactinal plates relatively large, flattened, covered by hexagonal granule-pits. No pedicellariae-pits.
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, Blake 1990, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Bathonian to the top of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 167.70000 to 150.80000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France Tylaster luciensis, Tylaster priscum (72284)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2France Tylaster argenciensis (72288)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2France T. prisca (97871)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland T. jurensis (62046)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France T. jurensis (61724) T. prisca (62726)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France T. prisca (62708 62715 62724)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Baden-Württemberg) T. jurensis (154138)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany T. sp. (211294)