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Spenceraster rugosus

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy
Nymphaster rugosus was named by Spencer (1907). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Museum of Natural History, London, holotype BNHM OR 57516.

It was recombined as Trachyaster rugosus by Spencer (1913); it was recombined as Spenceraster rugosus by Spencer and Wright (1966), Breton (1992), Néraudeau and Breton (1993) and Lewis (1993).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Nymphaster rugosus Spencer p. 94 figs. pl. 29, fig. 7, 16
1913Trachyaster rugosus Spencer p. 131
1966Spenceraster rugosus Spencer and Wright pp. U62-63 figs. fig. 57.1
1992Spenceraster rugosus Breton pp. 356-361 figs. fig. 147
1993Spenceraster rugosus Lewis p. 65
1993Spenceraster rugosus Néraudeau and Breton p. 116 fig. 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderValvatida
familyGoniasteridae
genusSpenceraster
speciesrugosus()

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.

Spenceraster rugosus Spencer 1907
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. Breton 1992Small size. Arms short, narrow. Interbrachial arc rounded. Marginals few, relatively low and long. Profile convex. Ornament of tubercles and occasional granule-pits can lack abradially or on margins of plates. Marginals more or less curved to parallel. Narrow step occasionally on lateral sides of the external face. Pedicellariae-pits of winged-type.
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 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Blake 1990

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Early/Lower Turonian or 99.60000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France (Poitou-Charentes) Spenceraster rugosus (73862)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Spenceraster rugosus (59619 59658)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Spenceraster rugosus (59808)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3United Kingdom (England) Trachyaster rugosus (4071)