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Onychaster flexilis ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)345703https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=345703
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea : Phrynophiurida : Onychasteridae : Onychaster : Onychaster flexilis
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
suborderEuryalinaLamarck 1816
familyOnychasteridaeMiller 1889
genusOnychasterMeek and Worthen 1868
speciesOnychaster flexilisMeek and Worthen 1868
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Onychaster flexilisspeciesbelongs to Onychasterstated with evidenceMeek and Worthen, 1868
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance354 - 343 Ma
Carboniferous
Last Recorded Appearance345 - 343 Ma
Carboniferous
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)F. B. Meek and A. H. Worthen. 1868. Part II. Palaeontology. Geological Survey of Illinois 3:291-565

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1868Onychaster flexilis Meek and Worthen
1868Onychaster flexibilis Meek and Worthen p. 526 figs. text-figs. A-D
1868Onychaster flexilis Meek and Worthen p. 526 figs. text-figs. A-D
1869Onychaster flexibilis Meek and Worthen p. 83
1873Onychaster flexibilis Meek and Worthen p. 510 figs. pl. 16 fig. 3
1879Onychaster flexibilis von Zittel p. 444 figs. fig. 314
1889Onychaster flexibilis Miller p. 264 figs. fig. 374
1909Onychaster flexibilis Schöndorf pp. 47-61
YearName and Author
1910Onychaster flexibilis Schöndorf p. 240
1913Onychaster flexibilis Schöndorf pp. 97-114 figs. text figs. 1, 2, pl. 3 figs. 3-9
1913Onychaster flexibilis Sollas pp. 51-62 figs. text figs. 1-4, pl. 8 figs. 1-6
1914Onychaster flexibilis Spencer pp. 26, 50
1915Onychaster flexibilis Schuchert pp. 270-272 figs. text figs. 37-42
1927Onychaster flexibilis Spencer pp. 339-340 figs. text-figs. 216-218, pl. 21 fig. 12
1965Onychaster flexibilis Owen p. 557

References

Meek F. B., Worthen A. H. Part II. Palaeontology, Geological Survey of Illinois 3, 291-565
Meek F. B., Worthen A. H. Descriptions of invertebrates from the Carboniferous System, Illinois Geological Survey 5 2, 321-619
von Zittel K. A. , Handbuch der Palaeontologie 1 1, 1-765
Miller S. A. , North American geology and palaeontology for the use of amateurs, students and scientists, 1-664
Spencer W. K. (1914) British Palaeozoic Asterozoa, Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society, London 1913 1, 1-56
Schuchert C. (1915) Revision of Paleozoic Stelleroidea with special reference to North American Asteroidea, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 88, 1-311
Spencer W. K. (1927) A monograph of the British Palaeozoic Asterozoa, Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society, London 1925 7, 325-388
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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