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Bugarachaster depressus

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy
Bugarachaster depressus was named by Breton (1992). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle of Le Havre, holotype MHNH 8333, paratypes MHNH 8334. It is the type species of Bugarachaster.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Bugarachaster depressus Breton pp. 391-392 figs. 165, pl. 48 fig. 1-5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderValvatida
familyGoniasteridae
genusBugarachaster
speciesdepressus

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.

Bugarachaster depressus Breton 1992
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. Breton 1992Marginal low, wider than long. External face with adradial and abradial sides differentiated and separated by a rounded fold. Adradial side slightly sloping. Abradial side slightly saddle-shaped. Abactinal face flattened of angular at mid part. Ornament of fine dense granule-pits interrupted by two to six smooth rounded bulges on abactinal side. Pedicellariae pits of winged-type.
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: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Blake 1990

Age range: Coniacian or 89.80000 to 86.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3France Bugarachaster depressus (59680)