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Palaeasteridae ✝
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| Rank | family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Palaeasteridae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Pustulosida : Palaeasteridae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Palaeasteridae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 453 - 445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 290 - 279 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | slow-moving (based on Asteroidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Asteroidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Asteroidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reproduction | dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ontogeny | accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Asteroidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | S. A. Miller. 1889. North American geology and palaeontology for the use of amateurs, students and scientists |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Argaster ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Australaster ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 290 Ma Permian | 290 Ma Permian | |
| Gordonaster ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 443 Ma Silurian | 443 Ma Silurian | |
| Palaeaster ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 443 Ma Silurian | 433 Ma Silurian | |
| Sertulaster ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1889 | Palaeasteridae Miller |
| 1915 | Palaeasteridae Schuchert pp. 53, 66 |
| 1965 | Palaeasteridae Owen p. 569 |
| 1966 | Palaeasteridae Spencer and Wright p. U49 |
| 1989 | Palaeasteridae Blake p. 212 |
| 2019 | Palaeasteridae Blake and Koniecki |
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!
Mount Disappointment, City of Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia