| Source Data | |
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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Spatangoida : Schizasteridae : Schizaster : Schizaster cordiformis |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Spatangoida : Schizasteridae : Schizaster : Schizaster cordiformis |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
(PBDB,GBIF) | |
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| Generic Name | Schizaster |
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| Scientific Name | Schizaster cordiformis Kew, 1920 |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Schizaster cordiformis | species | belongs to Schizaster | stated with evidence | Kew, 1920 | | Schizaster cordiformis | species | belongs to Schizaster | stated without evidence | Grant and Hertlein, 1938 |
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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 Spatangoida) |
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| Motility | slow-moving (based on Spatangoida) |
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| Vision | limited (based on Echinoidea) |
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| Diet | deposit feeder, detritivore (based on Spatangoida) |
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| Reproduction | dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Spatangoida) |
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| Ontogeny | accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata) |
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| Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Spatangoida) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | U. S. Grant and L. G. Hertlein. 1938. The West American Cenozoic Echinoidea. Publications of the University of California at Los Angeles in Mathematical and Physical Sciences 2:1-225 |
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Schizaster cordiformis ✝
