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Weigeltura beckeri

Ophiuroidea - Oegophiurida - Protasteridae

Taxonomy
Weigeltura beckeri was named by Boczarowski (2001). Its type specimen is Holotype: GIUS 4-779 Zba./368/2 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dombroviensis zone, Trench at Zbrza, Kielce, which is in an Eifelian deep subtidal limestone/marl in Poland. It is the type species of Weigeltura.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Weigeltura beckeri Boczarowski pp. 25-27 figs. Pl. 1: 15-16; Text-figs 6A-D, 7A-E, 8A-H

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Asterozoa()
classOphiuroidea
orderOegophiurida
suborderLysophiurina()
familyProtasteridae
genusWeigeltura
speciesbeckeri

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.

Weigeltura beckeri Boczarowski 2001
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. Boczarowski 2001Podial basin on the ambulacral plate poorly delimited. Lateral plates with a large posterio-internal bulge, well demarcated along almost all of its periphery by a groove.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: slow-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: detritivorec
Diet 2: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 11:30:09
Modified: 2010-02-12 01:58:57
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Eifelian to the top of the Late/Upper Emsian or 393.30000 to 391.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Poland (Swietokrzyskie) Weigeltura beckeri (94470)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Poland Weigeltura beckeri (type locality: 99470)