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Ambuloasteroidea

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)173710https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=173710
Ranksubclass (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Ambuloasteroidea
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
subclassAmbuloasteroideaBlake and Hagdorn 2003
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Ambuloasteroideasubclassbelongs to Asteroideastated with evidenceBlake and Hagdorn, 2003
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)684
Extant Size (PBDB)127 (19%)
First Recorded Appearance409 - 403 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
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 H. Hagdorn. 2003. The Asteroidea (Echinodermata) of the Muschelkalk (Middle Triassic of Germany). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 77(1):23-58

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Neoasteroidea
infraclass
listed (PBDB)895247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
0 Ma
Extant
Compsasteridae
family
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
4409 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
326 Ma
Carboniferous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2003Ambuloasteroidea Blake and Hagdorn p. 33
2017Ambuloasteroidea Blake et al. p. 324

References

Blake D. B., Hagdorn H. (2003) The Asteroidea (Echinodermata) of the Muschelkalk (Middle Triassic of Germany), Paläontologische Zeitschrift 77 1, 23-58
Blake D. B., Tintori A., et al (2017) New Triassic Asteroidea (Echinodermata) specimens and their evolutionary significance, Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 123, 319-333
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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