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Poncetaster crateri

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Stauranderasteridae

Taxonomy
Poncetaster crateri was named by Villier et al. (2004). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Holotype MHNH 9001, paratype 9002. Its type locality is Echinodermata, Marls of the Variabilis zone, Thouars, which is in a Toarcian offshore marl in France. It is the type species of Poncetaster. It was considered monophyletic by Villier et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Poncetaster crateri Villier et al. p. 817 figs. 2.9, 2.10, 4.8, 4.9
2008Poncetaster crateri Villier pp. 150-152 figs. 1.18-1.20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderValvatida
familyStauranderasteridae
genusPoncetaster
speciescrateri

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.

Poncetaster crateri Villier et al. 2004
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. Villier et al. 2004Same as 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 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Toarcian to the top of the Late/Upper Callovian or 182.00000 to 161.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Toarcian182.0 - 175.6France (Poitou-Charentes) Poncetaster crateri (type locality: 31839)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Poland Poncetaster crateri (63064)