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Proraster dalli

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae

Taxonomy
Hemiaster dalli was named by Clark (1891).

It was recombined as Proraster dalli by Cooke (1953).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Hemiaster dalli Clark
1915Hemiaster dalli Clark and Twitchell p. 90
1953Proraster dalli Cooke p. 36 figs. Pl 15, figs 1-5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderPaleopneustina
familySchizasteridae()
genusProraster
speciesdalli(Clark 1891)

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.

Proraster dalli Clark 1891
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: shallow infaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Diet 2: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-28 12:18:10
Modified: 2009-10-08 16:32:56
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 105.30000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6USA (Texas) Hemiaster dalli (187292)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) Proraster dalli (78197)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) Proraster dalli (3611 78196 197714 197715 197716)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) Proraster dalli (3632)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) Proraster dalli (4514 4517 197652)