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Stauranderaster miliaris

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4976075https://www.gbif.org/species/4976075
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)109595https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=109595
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Valvatida : Stauranderasteridae : Stauranderaster : Stauranderaster miliaris
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Valvatida : Stauranderasteridae : Stauranderaster : Stauranderaster miliaris
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
subclassAmbuloasteroideaBlake and Hagdorn 2003
infraclassNeoasteroidea
superorderValvataceaMcKnight 1975
orderValvatidaPerrier 1884
familyStauranderasteridaeSpencer 1913
genusStauranderasterSpencer 1907
speciesStauranderaster miliarisBrünnich-Nielsen 1943
Generic NameStauranderaster
Scientific NameStauranderaster miliaris Brünnich-Nielsen, 1943
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Stauranderaster miliarisspeciesbelongs to Stauranderasterstated with evidenceBrünnich-Nielsen, 1943
Stauranderaster miliarisspeciesbelongs to Stauranderasterstated without evidenceRasmussen, 1965
Stauranderaster miliarisspeciesbelongs to Stauranderasterstated with evidenceJagt, 2000
Stauranderaster miliarisspeciesbelongs to StauranderasterimpliedReich and Frenzel, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance66.0 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
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)K. Brünnich-Nielsen. 1943. The Asteroids of the Senonian and Danian deposits of Danmark. Biologiske skrifter fra det Danske Videnskabernes Selskab 2(5):1-68

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1943Stauranderaster miliaris Brünnich-Nielsen pp. 63-64 figs. pl. 4, fig. 35
1950Stauranderaster miliaris Rasmussen pp. 88-89 figs. pl. 10, fig. 17
1965Stauranderaster miliaris Rasmussen figs. pl. 8, fig. 3
1979Stauranderaster miliaris Rasmussen p. 70
2000Stauranderaster miliaris Jagt p. 430 figs. pl. 21, fig. 10-11; pl. 22, fig. 1-4
2002Stauranderaster miliaris Reich and Frenzel p. 182

References

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
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
Reich M., Frenzel P. (2002) Die Fauna und Flora der Rügener Schreibkreide (Maastrichtium, Ostsee), Archiv für Geschiebekunde 3 2/4, 73-284
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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