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Trichasteridae

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)119178https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=119178
Rankfamily (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea : Phrynophiurida : Trichasteridae
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermataKlein 1754
subphylumAsterozoavon Zittel 1895
classOphiuroideaGray 1840
orderPhrynophiuridaMatsumoto 1915
familyTrichasteridaeDöderlein 1911
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Trichasteridaefamilybelongs to Phrynophiuridastated with evidenceMatsumoto, 1915
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
Extant Size (PBDB)4 (80%)
First Recorded Appearance83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentmarine (based on Phrynophiurida)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Phrynophiurida)
Visionblind (based on Ophiuroidea)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Phrynophiurida)
Reproductiondispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata)
Ontogenyaccretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata)
Taphonomyhigh Mg calcite (based on Phrynophiurida)
Primary Reference (PBDB)L. Döderlein. 1911. Über japanische und andere Euryale. Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte Ostasiens, Herausgegeben von Dr. F. Doflein. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, mathematisch-physikalische Klasse, supplement-band 2:1-123

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Asteronychinae
subfamily
listed (PBDB)0 Ma
Extant
Trichasterinae
subfamily
listed (PBDB)1783.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
0 Ma
Extant

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1911Trichasteridae Döderlein
1915Trichasteridae Matsumoto p. 51

References

Döderlein L. (1911) Über japanische und andere Euryale. Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte Ostasiens, Herausgegeben von Dr. F. Doflein, Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, mathematisch-physikalische Klasse, supplement-band 2, 1-123
Matsumoto H. (1915) A new classification of Ophiuroidea: with description of genera and species, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 67, 43-92
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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