| Source Data | |
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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Valvatida : Goniasteridae : Pentagonaster : Pentagonaster elegans |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Valvatida : Goniasteridae : Buterminaster : Pentagonaster elegans |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
(PBDB,GBIF) | |
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| Generic Name | Pentagonaster |
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| Scientific Name | Pentagonaster elegans (Blake, 1988) |
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| Name Published In | Blake, D.B. and Zinsmeister, W.J. (1988). Eocene asteroids (Echinodermata) from Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Geological Society of America Memoir. 169: 489-498. |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Buterminaster elegans | species | belongs to Buterminaster | stated without evidence | Blake and Zinsmeister, 1988 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 56.0 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 56.0 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene |
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| Environment | marine (based on Goniasteridae) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Goniasteridae) |
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| Vision | limited (based on Asteroidea) |
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| Diet | detritivore (based on Goniasteridae) |
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| Reproduction | dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Goniasteridae) |
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| Ontogeny | accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata) |
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| Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Goniasteridae) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | D. B. Blake and W. J. Zinsmeister. 1988. Eocene asteroids (Echinodermata) from Seymour Island, Antarctic peninsula. Geological Society America Bulletin 169:489-498 |
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| Blake D. B., Zinsmeister W. J. (1988) Eocene asteroids (Echinodermata) from Seymour Island, Antarctic peninsula, Geological Society America Bulletin 169, 489-498 |
| Blake, D.B. and Zinsmeister, W.J. (1988) Eocene asteroids (Echinodermata) from Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula: Geological Society of America Memoir. 169: 489-498 - via Catalogue of Life |
| Blake, D.B. and Zinsmeister, W.J. (1988). Eocene asteroids (Echinodermata) from Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Geological Society of America Memoir. 169: 489-498. - via World Register of Marine Species |
Pentagonaster elegans ✝
