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Comptonia soullansensis

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy
Comptonia soullansensis was named by Breton (1992). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle of Nantes, holotype MHNN E.A. (f) 2, paratype MHNH 8. It was considered monophyletic by Breton (1992).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Comptonia soullansensis Breton pp. 318-319 figs. 130, pl. 38, fig. 5-7
1993Comptonia soullansensis Néraudeau and Breton pp. 114-115

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderValvatida
familyGoniasteridae
genusComptonia
speciessoullansensis

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.

Comptonia soullansensis Breton 1992
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. Breton 1992Marginals curved, of convex to angular profile. External face flattened. Adradial and abradial sides of the external face perpendicular and tend to be saddle-shaped. Marginals tall to moderately tall, relatively long. External face bordered by an obvious step. Ornament of fine dense granular-pits. Intermarginal face reduced, highly concave. Well-developed internal face.
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: Late/Upper Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Comptonia soullansensis (59799 59806)