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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Paxillosida : Astropectinidae : Lophidiaster : Lophidiaster ornatus |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Paxillosida : Astropectinidae : Lophidiaster : Lophidiaster ornatus |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Generic Name | Lophidiaster |
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| Scientific Name | Lophidiaster ornatus (Spencer, 1913) |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Lophidiaster ornatus | species | belongs to Lophidiaster | stated with evidence | Spencer, 1913 | | Lophidiaster ornatus | species | belongs to Lophidiaster | stated without evidence | Valette, 1915 | | Lophidiaster ornatus | species | belongs to Lophidiaster | implied | Lehner, 1937 | | Lophidiaster ornatus | species | belongs to Lophidiaster | stated with evidence | Wright and Wright, 1940 | | Lophidiaster ornatus | species | belongs to Lophidiaster | stated without evidence | Rasmussen, 1945 | | Lophidiaster ornatus | species | belongs to Astropecten | stated without evidence | Rasmussen, 1950 | | Lophidiaster ornatus | species | belongs to Lophidiaster | stated with evidence | Casey, 1951 | | Lophidiaster ornatus | species | belongs to Lophidiaster | stated without evidence | Müller, 1953 | | Lophidiaster ornatus | species | belongs to Lophidiaster | stated with evidence | Hess, 1955 | | Lophidiaster ornatus | species | belongs to Lophidiaster | stated without evidence | Smith et al., 1988 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 112 - 109 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 85.8 - 83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous |
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| Environment | marine (based on Astropectinidae) |
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| Motility | slow-moving (based on Astropectinidae) |
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| Vision | limited (based on Asteroidea) |
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| Diet | carnivore (based on Astropectinidae) |
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| Reproduction | oviparous, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Astropectinidae) |
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| Ontogeny | accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata) |
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| Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Astropectinidae) |
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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 |
| Wright C. W., Wright E.V. (1940) Note on the Cretaceous Asteroidea, Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 96 2, 231-248 |
| Brünnich-Nielsen K. (1943) The Asteroids of the Senonian and Danian deposits of Danmark, Biologiske skrifter fra det Danske Videnskabernes Selskab 2 5, 1-68 |
| Rasmussen H. W. (1950) Cretaceous Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea with a special reference to the species found in Denmark, Denmarks Geologiske Undersogelse 2, 1-134 |
| Müller A. H. (1953) Die isolierte Squelettelemente der Asteroidae (Asterozoa) aus der obersenonen Schreibkreide von Rügen, Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für Geschiebeforschung 8, 1-66 |
| Hess H. (1955) Die fossilien Astropectiniden (Asteroidea). Neue Beobachtungen und Übersicht über die bekannten Arten, Schweizerischen Paläontologischen Abhandlungen, Birkhaüser Verlag, Bassel 71, 1-113 |
| Smith A. B., Paul C.R.C., et al (1988) Cenomanian and Lower Turonian echinoderms from Wilmington, south-east Devon, England, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geological Series 42, 1-245 |
Lophidiaster ornatus ✝
