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Mesopalaeaster complicatus

Asteroidea - Euaxosida - Mesopalaeasteridae

Taxonomy
Mesopalaeaster complicatus was named by Spencer (1916). Its type specimen is Holotype BMNH E52445A and is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. lancolatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Mesopalaeaster complicatus Spencer pp. 87-89 figs. text-figs. 46-48, pl. 2 fig. 9, pl. 3 fig. 5
1965Mesopalaeaster complicatus Owen p. 569

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
orderEuaxosida
familyMesopalaeasteridae
genusMesopalaeaster
speciescomplicatus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 15:35:10
Modified: 2010-02-09 06:02:08
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available