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Mesopalaeasteridae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4872704https://www.gbif.org/species/4872704
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)102303https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=102303
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Mesopalaeasteridae
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Pustulosida : Mesopalaeasteridae
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
orderPustulosida
superfamilyPalaeasteraceaeMiller 1889
familyMesopalaeasteridaeSchuchert 1915
Scientific NameMesopalaeasteridae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Mesopalaeasteridaefamilybelongs to Palaeasteraceaestated with evidenceSpencer and Wright, 1966
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
First Recorded Appearance443 - 433 Ma
Silurian
Last Recorded Appearance393 - 388 Ma
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)C. Schuchert. 1915. Revision of Paleozoic Stelleroidea with special reference to North American Asteroidea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 88:1-311

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Lepidactininae
subfamily
listed (PBDB)
Devonaster
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2408 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
388 Ma
Middle Devonian
Medinaster
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1443 Ma
Silurian
443 Ma
Silurian
Spaniaster
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1915Mesopalaeasteridae Schuchert
1966Mesopalaeasteridae Spencer and Wright p. U51

References

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., Wright C.W. (1966) Asterozoans, Moore R.C. ed, Treatise on invertebrate paleontology, Echinodermata, University of Kansas Press and the Geological Society of America 3 1, U4-U107
Yale University Peabody Museum: Peabody Invertebr - 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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