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Holasteroida

Echinoidea - Holasteroida

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Holasteroida Durham and Melville
1991Holasteroida Smith p. 48
1995Holasteroida Smith p. 222
2002Holasteroida Sepkoski
2010Holasteroida Kroh and Smith p. 172

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Atelostomata
orderHolasteroida
orderHolasteroida

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.

Or. Holasteroida Durham and Melville 1957
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Fm. Calymnidae Mortensen 1907
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G. Calymne Thomson 1877
G. †Coraster
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Coraster vilanovae Cotteau 1886
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Invalid names: Coraster frechi Boehm 1927 [synonym], Coraster marsooi Seunes 1888 [synonym], Coraster munieri Seunes 1888 [synonym], Coraster sphaericus Seunes 1888 [synonym], Coraster urmaensis Moskvin 1982 [synonym]
G. †Coryslus
G. †Eoholaster Solovjev 1989
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Eoholaster laffittei Devries 1960
Eoholaster poslavskae Solovjev 1989
Subor. †Meridosternata Lovèn 1883
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Infraor. †Cardiasterina Pomel 1883
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Fm. †Cardiasteridae Lambert 1917
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Invalid names: Cardiotaxinae Smith and Jeffery 2000 [empty]
Invalid names: Stegasteridae Lambert 1917 [empty], Stegasterina Lambert 1917 [invalid subgroup]
Fm. †Holasteridae Pictet 1857
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G. †Aurelianaster Lambert and Thiéry 1925
G. †Cardiaster Forbes 1850
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Cardiaster batnensis Peron and Gauthier 1879
Cardiaster cubensis Jackson 1922
Cardiaster curtus Clark and Twitchell 1915
Cardiaster deciper Cooke 1953
Cardiaster granulosus Goldfuss 1826
Cardiaster jugatus Schluter 1869
Cardiaster leonensis Stephenson 1941
Cardiaster palmeri Sanchez Roig 1949
Cardiaster smocki Clark 1907
G. †Cibaster Pomel 1883
G. †Echinocorys Leske 1778
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Echinocorys arnaudi Seunes 1888
Echinocorys australis Foster and Philip 1978
Echinocorys ciplyensis Lambert 1903
Echinocorys elatodepressus Grateloup 1836
Echinocorys elatus Arnaud 1903
Echinocorys gibbus Lamarck 1816
Echinocorys gravesi Desor 1847
Echinocorys obliquus Ravn 1927
Echinocorys ovalis Clark 1893
Echinocorys ovatus Leske 1778
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Echinocorys ovatus cubensis Sanchez Roig 1949
Echinocorys ovatus villarensis Sanchez Roig 1949
Echinocorys perconicus Hagenow 1840
Echinocorys pyramidatus Portlock 1843
Echinocorys scutata Leske 1778
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Invalid names: Echinocorys schafferi Kuehn 1930 [synonym], Echinocorys sulcatus Stuermer 1991 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Garumnaster lamberti Kuehn 1930 [synonym]
Echinocorys scutatus Brydone 1912
Echinocorys sphaericus Schluter 1869
Echinocorys sulcatus Goldfuss 1826
Echinocorys sumbaricus Djabarov 1964
Echinocorys texanus Cragin 1893
Echinocorys turritus Lambert 1903
Echinocorys vulgaris Leske 1778
Echinocorys yoloensis Anderson 1958
Invalid names: Ananchytes Lamarck 1816 [synonym], Galeola [synonym], Spatagoides [objective synonym]
G. †Galeaster
G. †Giraliaster Foster and Philip 1978
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Giraliaster bellissae Foster and Philip 1978
Giraliaster jubileensis Foster and Philip 1978
Giraliaster sulcatus Hutton 1873
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Invalid names: Cardiaster latecordatus Tate 1891 [synonym]
Giraliaster tertiarius Gregory 1890
G. †Guettaria
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Guettaria fecunda Schulz 1983
G. †Hagenowia
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Hagenowia infulasteroides Wright and Wright 1949
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Hemipneustes compressus Noetling 1897
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Invalid names: Hemipneustes arnaudi Cotteau 1892 [synonym], Hemipneustes indicus Aziz and Badve 1990 [synonym], Spatagoides martellii Checchia-Rispoli 1931 [synonym]
Hemipneustes delettrei Coquand 1862
Hemipneustes persicus Cotteau and Gauthier 1895
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Invalid names: Hemipneustes batheri Lambert 1906 [synonym], Hemipneustes minor Cotteau and Gauthier 1895 [synonym], Hemipneustes nicklesi Vidal 1921 [synonym], Hemipneustes sardanyolae Vidal 1921 [synonym], Spatagoides aichinoi Checchia-Rispoli 1931 [synonym]
Hemipneustes pyrenaicus Hebert 1875
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Invalid names: Hemipneustes noetlingi Lambert 1906 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Hemipneustes leymeriei Hebert 1875 [synonym], Hemipneustes oculatus Cotteau 1892 [synonym]
G. †Holaster Agassiz 1836
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Holaster cinctus Morton 1830
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Invalid names: Cardiaster fimbriatus Morton 1830 [synonym]
Holaster dombeensis de Loriol 1888
Holaster feralis Cooke 1953
Holaster indicus Forbes 1846
Holaster marginalis Agassiz 1836
Holaster nodulosus Goldfuss 1863
Holaster simplex Shumard 1853
Holaster tanamensis Shmidt 1976
G. †Infulaster Desor 1858
G. †Jeronia
G. †Lampadocorys Pomel 1883
G. †Offaster
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Opisopneustes tripolitanus Checchia-Rispoli 1931
G. †Pseudananchys Pomel 1883
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Pseudananchys ludovici Fourtau 1912
G. †Pseudoholaster Pomel 1883
G. †Rispolia
G. †Stegaster Pomel 1883
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Stegaster palaeocenicus Smith et al. 1999
Invalid names: Seunaster [synonym]
G. †Taphraster Pomel 1883
G. †Tholaster
G. †Toxopatagus Pomel 1883
Infraor. Urechinina Clark 1946
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Fm. Plexechinidae Mooi and David 1996
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G. Plexechinus Agassiz 1898
Fm. Pourtalesiidae Agassiz 1881
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Fm. Urechinidae Duncan 1889
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G. Carnarechinus Mironov 1978
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Sanchezaster habanensis Lambert 1924
G. Urechinus Agassiz 1879
Invalid names: Carnarechinidae Mironov 1993 [empty]
Invalid names: Echinocorythidae Wright 1857 [empty]
G. †Physaster Pomel 1883
G. †Pomaster
G. †Pseudholaster Pomel 1883
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Pseudholaster barthouxi Fourtau 1921
Pseudholaster bicarinatus Agassiz 1847
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Invalid names: Holaster lerichei Dartevelle 1953 [synonym], Pseudholaster androaviensis Lambert 1933 [synonym]
G. †Smithiaster Barras 2007
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Smithiaster loryi Gras 1852
Fm. †Stenonasteridae Lambert 1922
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G. †Stenonaster Lambert 1922
Invalid names: Hemipneustidae Lambert 1917 [empty], Pseudholasteridae Smith and Jeffery 2000 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-29 10:02:19
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:44:56
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Berriasian to the top of the Waitakian or 145.00000 to 21.70000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 139.8 Ma

Collections (482 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Algeria Eoholaster laffittei (196735)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Ukraine Eoholaster poslavskae (196732 196734)
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0Cuba Cardiaster cubensis (91177 204369) Echinocorys ovatus, Cardiaster palmeri (91138)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9France Holaster cordatus (2222)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Portugal Holaster sp. (64952) Holaster valanginiensis (65674)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Switzerland Holaster campichei (2213)
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0France Holaster intermedius (68926 68928 68929 68930 68932 68933 68934 68936 68937 68939 68940 68942 68943 68944 68946 68947 68952 68963 68968 68969 68983 68984 68986 68987 68989 68990 68991 68992 68993 68994 68995 68996 68997 69004 69005 69007 69020 69021 69022 69063 69064 69065 69066 69067 69077 69078 69079 69080 69081 69082 69083 69490 69492 69494 69735 69736 69743 69744 69745 69746 69747 69748 69749 69750 69751 69752 69754 69757 69760 69762 69763 69764 69765 69776 69777 69778 69780 69781 69782 69785 69786 69793 69794 84870 84872 84873 84874 84875 84876 84877 84878 84879)
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Spain Holaster intermedius (55528)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4France Holaster l'hardyi (2199 2203 2206) Holaster l'hardyi, Holaster cordatus (2209)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Switzerland Holaster l'hardyi (2198 2201) Holaster l'hardyi, Holaster cordatus (2200)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0France Holaster lardyi (2195 2212)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Switzerland Holaster lardyi (2194 2196 2197)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Egypt Pseudoholaster barthouxi (63979)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0United Kingdom (England) Holaster benstedi (1775 1838) Holaster cantianus (1815) Holaster sp. (1842) Holaster wrighti (1769)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Spain (Catalonia) Holaster aptiensis (111535)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5Antarctica Holasteroida indet. (216893)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Mozambique Holaster laevis (174616)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Egypt Pseudholaster barthouxi (220856)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Antarctica Holasteridae indet. (216898)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Mexico (Coahuila de Zaragoza) Holaster nanus (88677 88679) Holaster sp. (88630)