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Metopaster spencerii

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy
Metopaster spencerii was named by Brünnich-Nielsen (1943). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Mineralogical Museum, Copenhagen.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Metopaster spencerii Brünnich-Nielsen pp. 35-36 figs. pl. 1, fig. 16-17; pl. 2, fig. 1
1950Metopaster spencerii Rasmussen pp. 46-47 figs. pl. 5, fig. 4j; pl. 5, fig. 5-8
1979Metopaster spencerii Rasmussen p. 70
1987Metopaster spencerii Gale p. 26 figs. pl. 4, fig. 4
1999Metopaster spencerii Jagt figs. pl. 2, fig. 17
2000Metopaster spencerii Jagt pp. 403-404 figs. pl. 25, fig. 1-9

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

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.

Metopaster spencerii Brünnich-Nielsen 1943
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. W. Rasmussen 1950A Metopaster whose sides are concave, and whose marginals have a breadth, which is less than both the length, and the height. The narrow ultimate superomarginal attains its greatest height in a powerful swelling near the distal end. The ornament consits of scattered granule-pits.
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 et al. 2004, Blake 1990, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Danian or 66.00000 to 61.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6Denmark Metopaster spencerii (78711)