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Toxaster ✝
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| Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Spatangoida : Toxasteridae : Toxaster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Spatangoida : Toxasteridae : Toxaster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Toxaster Agassiz, 1840 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Agassiz, Louis. 1840. Catalogus Ectyporum Echinodermatum Fossilium Musei Neocomensis. : 1-20. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 145 - 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 105 - 100 Ma Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Spatangoida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | slow-moving (based on Spatangoida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Echinoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | deposit feeder, detritivore (based on Spatangoida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reproduction | dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Spatangoida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ontogeny | accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Spatangoida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | L. Agassiz. 1839. Description des Echinodermes fossiles de la Suisse; première partie, Spatangoides et Clypéasteroides. Mémoires de la Société helvétique des Sciences naturelles 3:1-101 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Toxaster africanus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Toxaster bajarunasi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Toxaster cauveriae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Toxaster collegnii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Toxaster compressa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Toxaster couloni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Toxaster crassisulcatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Toxaster gabrieli species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Toxaster gibbosus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Toxaster granosus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Toxaster jugamis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Toxaster kouensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Toxaster laffitei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Toxaster leymeri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Toxaster mattaueri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Toxaster maurus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Toxaster millosevichi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Toxaster obtusus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Toxaster peroni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Toxaster priscus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Toxaster remanei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Toxaster retusus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 101 | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Toxaster roulini species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Toxaster sanchuensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1839 | Toxaster Agassiz p. 25 |
| 1966 | Toxaster Fischer p. U551 |
| 2002 | Toxaster Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2007 | Toxaster Barras pp. Table 1 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
