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Ovulaster
Taxonomy
Ovulaster is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Ovulaster protodecimae.
It was assigned to Micrasteridae by Fischer (1966); and to Spatangoida by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Micrasteridae by Fischer (1966); and to Spatangoida by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
O. protodecimae (type species), O. reticulates
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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.
G. †Ovulaster
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†Ovulaster protodecimae Giusberti et al. 2005
†Ovulaster reticulates Smith et al. 1999
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Maastrichtian | Spain (Santander) | O. reticulaws (157043) |