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Mesotremaster felli

Asteroidea - Tremasteridae

Taxonomy
Mesotremaster felli was named by Hess (1972). It is not extant. Its type locality is Echinoderms, Oberer Hauptrogenstein, Late Bajocian, Schinznach, Aargau, which is in a Bajocian open shallow subtidal grainstone/marl in Switzerland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Mesotremaster felli Hess p. 22
2011Mesotremaster felli Gale p. 62

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderSurculifera
Spinulosida()
Chevronida
familyTremasteridae()
genusMesotremaster
speciesfelli

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.

Mesotremaster felli Hess 1972
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H Hess 1972Ambulacral pores in four rows. Oral plate large flattened. Adambulacrals with three furrow and three subambulacral compressed spines. First adambulacral cylindrical, weackly orverlaping, bearing a robust spine. External face of body wall plates with ornament of granule-pits.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: coastal, inner shelf, outer shelf, marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Diet 2: suspension feedero
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2007-10-02 03:15:13
Modified: 2009-09-07 02:46:48
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Blake 1990, Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Late/Upper Bajocian or 171.60000 to 167.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7Switzerland Mesotremaster felli (type locality: 32036)