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Noriaster barberoi

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Poraniidae

Taxonomy
Noriaster barberoi was named by Blake et al. (2000). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Paleontological Museum of Università degli Studi di Milano, Holotype MPUM 8420. Its type locality is Asteroidea, Zorzino limestones, Norian, Endenna site, Zogno, which is in a Norian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Dolomia Principale Formation of Italy. It is the type species of Noriaster.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Noriaster barberoi Blake et al. pp. 148-151 figs. 1, 2c-e, 3b-f, 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderValvatida
familyPoraniidae
genusNoriaster
speciesbarberoi

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.

Noriaster barberoi Blake et al. 2000
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. B. Blake et al. 2000Same as for the genus by monotypy
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 15:35:10
Modified: 2010-02-09 06:02:08
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Norian or 228.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5Italy Noriaster barberoi (type locality: 59822)