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Comptoniaster godeti

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy
Comptoniaster godeti was named by Breton (1992). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle of Grenoble, holotype 2501, paratypes 2502-2509. Its type locality is Asteroidea, Hauterivian,St. Pierre de Chérennes, Isère, which is in a Hauterivian offshore shelf marl in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Comptoniaster godeti Breton pp. 231-238 figs. 7-8, pl. 25
1997Comptoniaster godeti Breton p. 137
2010Comptoniaster godeti Villier pp. 708-710 figs. Text-fig. 4, pl. 1 figs h-i

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderValvatida
familyGoniasteridae
genusComptoniaster
speciesgodeti

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.

†Comptoniaster godeti Breton 1992
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. Breton 1992Small species. Marginal relatively few, small, short to squared in the arm. Pedicellariae-pits in elongate, slit-like, nuperous. Dense fine granule-pits. Terminal plate of large size, rectangular.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitef
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterf
Dispersal 2: planktonicf
Created: 2007-10-02 04:01:50
Modified: 2007-10-02 06:05:14
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum
References: Blake 1990, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Hauterivian to the top of the Late/Upper Barremian or 136.40000 to 125.45000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0France Comptoniaster godeti (type locality: 59653)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45France (Drôme) Comptoniaster godeti (177726)