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Ophryaster magnus

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy
Ophryaster magnus was named by Spencer (1913). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Holotype BNHM E 13280, Paratypes BNNHM E 13281-5.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Ophryaster magnus Spencer p. 130 figs. pl. 16, fig. 20-27
1940Ophryaster magnus Wright and Wright pp. 244-245
1950Ophryaster magnus Rasmussen pp. 85-86 figs. pl. 11, fig. 4
1953Ophryaster magnus Müller p. 60 figs. pl. 2, fig. F, H; pl. 3 O
1961Ophryaster magnus Müller p. 280 figs. text-fig 4c
1966Ophryaster magnus Spencer and Wright p. U62 figs. fig. 55.4
1979Ophryaster magnus Rasmussen p. 70
1981Ophryaster magnus Schulz and Weitschat pp. 37-38 figs. fig. 3-5
1985Ophryaster magnus Breton p. 430
1993Ophryaster magnus Lewis p. 60
2000Ophryaster magnus Jagt pp. 419-420 figs. pl. 15, fig. 8-13
2002Ophryaster magnus Reich and Frenzel p. 182

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

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.

†Ophryaster magnus Spencer 1913
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. W. Rasmussen 1950An Ophryaster with superomarginals whose ornamentation consits of rather large, closely placed spine-pits, which are only wanting in an extremely narrow zone along the abactinal border.
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) Ophryaster magnus (32022)