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Giraliaster tertiarius

Echinoidea - Holasteroida - Holasteridae

Taxonomy
Cardiaster tertiarius was named by Gregory (1890).

It was recombined as Giraliaster tertiarius by Foster and Philip (1978).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Cardiaster tertiarius Gregory
1978Giraliaster tertiarius Foster and Philip p. 808

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Atelostomata
orderHolasteroida
suborderMeridosternata
familyHolasteridae
genusGiraliaster
speciestertiarius(Gregory 1890)

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.

Giraliaster tertiarius Gregory 1890
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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: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Waipawan to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 55.80000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Waipawan55.8 - 53.0New Zealand Giraliaster tertiarius (52558)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Australia (South Australia) Giraliaster tertiarius (90084)