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Nymphaster wrighti

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy
Chomataster wrighti was named by Rasmussen (1950). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Mineralogical Museum, Copenhagen, holotype MMH 7538.

It was recombined as Nymphaster wrighti by Gale (1987) and Jagt et al. (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Chomataster wrighti Rasmussen pp. 82-83 figs. fig. 6d; pl. 11, fig. 1-2
1975Chomataster wrighti Schulz and Weitschat p. 280 figs. fig. 4
1979Chomataster wrighti Rasmussen p. 70
1987Nymphaster wrighti Gale pp. 159-161
2002Chomataster wrighti Reich and Frenzel p. 182 figs. pl. 39, fig. 1
2021Nymphaster wrighti Jagt et al. p. 3

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

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.

Nymphaster wrighti Rasmussen 1950
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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, Aberhan 1992, Blake 1990

Age range: Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Nymphaster wrighti (32022)