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Delicaster

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4872910https://www.gbif.org/species/4872910
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)101363https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=101363
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Valvatida : Neopalaeasteridae : Delicaster
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Kermasida : Permasteridae : Delicaster
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermataKlein 1754
subphylumAsterozoavon Zittel 1895
classAsteroideade Blainville 1830
orderKermasidaBlake 2018
familyPermasteridaeBlake 2018
genusDelicasterBlake & Elliott 2003
Scientific NameDelicaster Blake & Elliott, 2003
Name Published InJ Paleontol 77 (3), May
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Delicastergenusbelongs to Neopalaeasteridaestated without evidenceBlake and Elliott, 2003
Delicastergenusbelongs to Permasteridaestated without evidenceBlake, 2018
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance345 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Last Recorded Appearance339 - 318 Ma
Carboniferous
Environmentmarine (based on Echinodermata)
Motilityslow-moving (based on Asteroidea)
Visionlimited (based on Asteroidea)
Dietcarnivore (based on Asteroidea)
Reproductiondispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata)
Ontogenyaccretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata)
Taphonomyhigh Mg calcite (based on Asteroidea)
Primary Reference (PBDB)D. B. Blake and D. R. Elliott. 2003. Ossicular homologies, systematics, and phylogenetic implications of certain North American Carboniferous asteroids (Echinodermata). Journal of Paleontology 77(3):476-489

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Delicaster enigmaticus
species
listed (PBDB)2339 Ma
Carboniferous
339 Ma
Carboniferous
Delicaster hotchkissi
species
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Neopalaeaster enigmaticus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2003Delicaster Blake and Elliott p. 481
2018Delicaster Blake p. 47
2019Delicaster Blake and Koniecki

References

Blake D. B., Elliott D. R. (2003) Ossicular homologies, systematics, and phylogenetic implications of certain North American Carboniferous asteroids (Echinodermata), Journal of Paleontology 77 3, 476-489
Blake D. B. (2018) Toward a History of the Paleozoic Asteroidea (Echinodermata), Bulletins of American Paleontology 394, 1-96
Blake D. B., Koniecki J. (2019) Two new Paleozoic Asteroidea (Echinodermata) and their taxonomic and evolutionary significance, Journal of Paleontology 93 1, 105-114 doi:https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2018.70
GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
J Paleontol 77 (3), May - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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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