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Caletaster romani

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy
Caletaster romani was named by Breton (1988). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle of Le Havre, holotype MHNH 8090, paratypes MHNH 8091. It was considered monophyletic by Breton (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Caletaster romani Breton pp. 34-39 figs. 26-29
1992Caletaster romani Breton pp. 322-326 figs. 3, 6.1, 131, pl. 40 fig. 1-9
1992Caletaster romani Breton et al. p. 223 fig. 6
1993Caletaster romani Neraudeau and Breton p. 115 figs. pl. 1 fig. 4-5
1997Caletaster romani Breton p. 138
2008Caletaster romani Breton and Néraudeau pp. 334-336 figs. figs. 3.4a-f, 3.5a-c, 4.8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderValvatida
familyGoniasteridae
genusCaletaster
speciesromani

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.

†Caletaster romani Breton 1988
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitef
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterf
Dispersal 2: planktonicf
Created: 2007-10-02 04:01:50
Modified: 2007-10-02 06:05:14
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Blake 1990, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Santonian or 99.60000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Charentes) Caletaster romani (64881)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Charente-Maritime) Caletaster romani (64878)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Caletaster romani (59619 59658 59813 59814 59815 59816 59817 59818)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France (Poitou-Charentes) Caletaster romani (73862 73863)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Caletaster romani (59799 59806 59807 59808 59811 59819)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6France Caletaster romani (59581)