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Skiaster

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4976181https://www.gbif.org/species/4976181
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)114363https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=114363
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Paxillosida : Pseudarchasteridae : Skiaster
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Valvatida : Goniasteridae : Skiaster
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
familyGoniasteridaeForbes 1841
subfamilyPseudarchasterinaeSladen 1889
genusSkiasterBlake & Jagt 2005
Scientific NameSkiaster Blake & Jagt, 2005
Name Published InBlake, D.B. and Jagt, J.W.M. (2005). New latest Cretaceous and earliest Paleogene asteroids (Echinodermata) from the Netherlands and Denmark and their palaeobiological significance. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belqique, Sciences de la Terre. 75:183-200.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Skiastergenusbelongs to Pseudarchasterinaestated with evidenceBlake and Jagt, 2005
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance66.0 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Last Recorded Appearance66.0 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Environmentmarine (based on Pseudarchasterinae)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Pseudarchasterinae)
Visionlimited (based on Asteroidea)
Dietcarnivore (based on Pseudarchasterinae)
Reproductiondispersal=water,planktonic (based on Pseudarchasterinae)
Ontogenyaccretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata)
Taphonomyhigh Mg calcite (based on Pseudarchasterinae)
Primary Reference (PBDB)D. B. Blake and J.W.M. Jagt. 2005. New latest Cretaceous and earliest Paleogene asteroids (Echinodermata) from the Netherlands and Denmark and their palaebiological significance. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 75:183-200

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Skiaster vikingr
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
166.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2005Skiaster Blake and Jagt p. 185

References

Blake D. B., Jagt J.W.M. (2005) New latest Cretaceous and earliest Paleogene asteroids (Echinodermata) from the Netherlands and Denmark and their palaebiological significance., Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 75, 183-200
inferred from original work (title) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
refer original publication - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
www.organismnames.com (Jul 2012) / web search - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Sciences de la Terre 75. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Article title: New latest Cretaceous and earliest Paleogene asteroids (Echinodermata) from The Netherlands and Denmark and their palaeobiological significance. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Blake, D.B. and Jagt, J.W.M. (2005). New latest Cretaceous and earliest Paleogene asteroids (Echinodermata) from the Netherlands and Denmark and their palaeobiological significance. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belqique, Sciences de la Terre. 75:183-200. - via World Register of Marine Species
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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