| Source Data | |
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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Valvatida : Pycinasteridae : Pycinaster : Pycinaster magnificus |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Valvatida : Pycinasteridae : Pycinaster : Pycinaster magnificus |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Generic Name | Pycinaster |
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| Scientific Name | Pycinaster magnificus Spencer, 1913 |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Pycinaster magnificus | species | belongs to Pycinaster | stated with evidence | Spencer, 1913 | | Pycinaster magnificus | species | belongs to Pycinaster | stated without evidence | Breton, 1985 | | Pycinaster magnificus | species | belongs to Pycinaster | stated with evidence | Breton, 1992 | | Pycinaster magnificus | species | belongs to Pycinaster | stated without evidence | Breton, 1997 | | Pycinaster magnificus | species | belongs to Pycinaster | stated with evidence | Jagt, 2000 | | Pycinaster magnificus | species | belongs to Pycinaster | stated without evidence | Neumann, 2000 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 83.5 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous |
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| Environment | marine (based on Echinodermata) |
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| Motility | slow-moving (based on Asteroidea) |
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| Vision | limited (based on Asteroidea) |
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| Diet | carnivore (based on Asteroidea) |
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| Reproduction | dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata) |
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| Ontogeny | accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata) |
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| Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Asteroidea) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | W. K. Spencer. 1913. The evolution of Cretaceous Asteroidea. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, serie B 204:99-177 |
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| Spencer W. K. (1913) The evolution of Cretaceous Asteroidea, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, serie B 204, 99-177 |
| d'Orbigny A. , Prodrome du paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques et rayonnés faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphique 2, 1-428 |
| Schulz M. G., Weitschat W. (1971) Asteroideen aus der Schreibkreide von Lägendorf (Holstein) und Hemmor (Nord-Niedersachsen), Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 40, 107-130 |
| Breton G. (1988) Description d'espèces nouvelles de Goniasteridae (Asteroidea, Echinodermata) du Crétacé de France, Bulletin trimestriel de la Société Géologique de Normandie et des Amis du Muséum du Havre 75 1, 9-40 |
| Breton G. (1997) Patterns and processes of heterochrony in Mesozoic goniasterid sea stars from France, Lethaia 30, 135-144 |
| Jagt J. W. M. (2000) Late Cretaceous-Early Paleocene echinoderms and the K/T boundary in the southeast Netherlands and the northeast Belgium. - part 5: Asteroids, Scripta Geologica 21, 377-503 |
| International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1579 Pycinaster magnificus Spencer, 1913 (Echinodermata, Asteroidea): specific name conserved.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 47, 74 (1990) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology |
Pycinaster magnificus ✝
