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Dendrasteridae

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Dendrasteridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Dendrasteridae Lambert
1955Dendrasteridae Durham p. 157
1966Dendrasteridae Durham p. U479
2010Dendrasteridae Kroh and Smith p. 172

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
orderClypeasteroida
suborderScutellina()
infraorderScutelliformes
familyDendrasteridae
familyDendrasteridae

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.

Fm. †Dendrasteridae Lambert 1900
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G. Dendraster Agassiz and Desor 1847
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†Dendraster arnoldi Clark and Twitchell 1915
†Dendraster ashleyi Arnold 1907
†Dendraster casseli Grant and Hertlein 1938
†Dendraster cedrosensis Israelsky 1923
†Dendraster coalingaensis Clark and Twitchell 1915
†Dendraster elsmerensis Durham 1949
†Dendraster excentricus Eschscholz 1826
†Dendraster gibbsii Rémond 1863
†Dendraster hesperis Kew 1920
†Dendraster pentagonalis Israelsky 1923
†Dendraster sullivani Durham and Morgan 1978
†Dendraster vizcainoensis Grant and Hertlein 1938
†Dendraster vizcainoensis similaris Grant and Hertlein 1938
G. †Merriamaster Lambert 1911
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†Merriamaster perrini Weaver 1908
†Merriamaster weaveri Durham and Morgan 1978
Invalid names: Orchoporus Lambert and Thiery 1914 [synonym]
G. Scaphechinus Agassiz 1863
G. †Scutellaster Cragin 1895
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†Scutellaster cretaceus Cragin 1895
†Scutellaster interlineatus Stimpson 1856
Invalid names: Anorthoscutum Lambert and Thiery 1914 [synonym], Calaster Kew 1920 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 18:19:59
Modified: 2009-10-08 15:05:22
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Cretaceous to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 100.50000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (121 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (Colorado) Scutellaster cretaceus (203434)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (California) Orchoporus lamberti (203418)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (California) Dendraster sp. (195076)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Alaska) Scutellaster oregonensis (203145 203147)
Neogene23.03 - 2.58USA (Alaska) Scutellaster oregonensis (203144)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Mexico (Baja California Sur) Merriamaster pacificus (13450)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Oregon) Anorthoscutum oregonense (57057)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (Alaska) Scutellaster oregonensis (203148)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6USA (California) Dendraster coalingaensis (203559)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) Dendraster sp. (194796 194895 195038)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6USA (California) Dendraster coalingaensis (39323 39327 39392 39403) Dendraster gibbsi (37554)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Dendraster ashleyi (203549) Dendraster casseli (203550) Dendraster elsmerensis (194094 194095) Dendraster gibbsii (206366 206367 206368 206370) Dendraster perrini (220183) Dendraster sp. A, Dendraster coalingaensis (220181)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Mexico (Baja California Sur) Dendraster diegoensis, Dendraster hesperis (43688) Dendraster gibbsii (43683)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) Anorthoscutum interlineatum (203553) Dendraster gibbsii (199732 215435 216433 216568 216867 216868 216871 216900 216902 220193) Dendraster hesperis (139658) Dendraster perrini, Dendraster arnoldi (194664) Dendraster sp. B (220192) Dendraster sullivani, Merriamaster weaveri (194689) Merriamaster pacificus (120820) Orchoporus koehleri (59922)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Mexico (Baja California) Dendraster cedrosensis (97128) Dendraster cedrosensis, Dendraster pentagonalis (97127 97130) Dendraster gibbsii, Dendraster pacificus, Dendraster cedrosensis, Dendraster diegoensis, Dendraster pentagonalis (97124) Dendraster pentagonalis (97129)
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.806USA (California) Dendraster ashleyi (214258)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (California) Dendraster coalingensis, Dendraster perrini (19678) Dendraster gibbsii (19695 19698) Dendraster perrini (19676)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Dendraster interlineatus (203609) Dendraster venturaensis (203551)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Dendraster sp. (80039)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Merriamaster perrini (189538 189543)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117USA (California) Anorthoscutum sp. (36867)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (California) Dendraster ashleyi (207660 207663 207665 207670 207671 207672 207677 207687 207691 207692 207694 207695 207696 207697 207698 207699 207700 207702 207703 207704 207708 207713 207715 207717 207719 207722 207725 207726 207728 214287)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Dendraster sp. (79786)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (California) Dendraster excentricus (168757)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Dendraster vizcainoensis (138720)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Scutella oregonensis (71142)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Mexico (Baja California Sur) Dendraster vizcainoensis (203552)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Dendraster excentricus (37938)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Japan (Yamaguchi) Scaphechinus mirabilis (62297)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Dendraster excentricus (138723) Dendraster sp. (71053 71054) Echinarachnius excentricus (222663 222664)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Echinarachnius excentricus (222646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Dendraster excentricus (96930 96935 96936 96937 96938 96939) Dendraster sp. (59063) Dendraster sp., Dendraster excentricus, Dendraster vizcainoensis (160361) Echinarachnius excentricus (222659 222660 222661 222662)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Dendraster sp. (79705 79707)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Dendraster excentricus (67642)