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Micrasterina

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)168530https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=168530
Ranksuborder (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Spatangoida : Micrasterina
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermataKlein 1754
subphylumEchinozoavon Zittel 1895
classEchinoidea
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea
-CarinaceaKroh and Smith 2010
-Irregularia
-Atelostomatavon Zittel 1879
orderSpatangoidaAgassiz 1840
suborderMicrasterinaFischer 1966
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Micrasterinasuborderbelongs to Spatangoidastated with evidenceFischer, 1966
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)33
Extant Size (PBDB)4 (12%)
First Recorded Appearance99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentmarine (based on Spatangoida)
Motilityslow-moving (based on Spatangoida)
Visionlimited (based on Echinoidea)
Dietdeposit feeder, detritivore (based on Spatangoida)
Reproductiondispersal=water,planktonic (based on Spatangoida)
Ontogenyaccretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata)
Taphonomyhigh Mg calcite (based on Spatangoida)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. G. Fischer. 1966. Spatangoids. In R. C. Moore (ed.), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part U. Echinodermata. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, Boulder and Lawrence 3(2):U543-U628

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Aeropsidae
family
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
159.2 Ma
Paleocene
0 Ma
Extant
Micrasteridae
family
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
19799.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
0 Ma
Extant
Ovulasteridae ✝
family
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Plesiasteridae ✝
family
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1966Micrasterina Fischer p. U580
2010Micrasterina Kroh and Smith p. 173

References

Fischer A. G. (1966) Spatangoids, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part U. Echinodermata. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, Boulder and Lawrence 3 2, U543-U628
Kroh A., Smith A. B. (2010) The phylogeny and classification of post-Palaeozoic echinoids, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 8 2, 147-212 doi:10.1080/14772011003603556
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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