Source Data | |
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Rank | species |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Valvatida : Goniasteridae : Metopaster : Metopaster alexiae |
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Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Valvatida : Goniasteridae : Metopaster : Metopaster alexiae |
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Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification (PBDB,GBIF) | |
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Generic Name | Metopaster |
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Scientific Name | Metopaster alexiae Jagt, 2000 |
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Opinions (PBDB) | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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Metopaster alexiae | species | belongs to Metopaster | stated with evidence | Jagt, 2000 |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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First Recorded Appearance | 70.6 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
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Last Recorded Appearance | 70.6 - 61.6 Ma Phanerozoic |
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Environment | marine (based on Goniasteridae) |
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Motility | actively mobile (based on Goniasteridae) |
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Vision | limited (based on Asteroidea) |
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Diet | detritivore (based on Goniasteridae) |
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Reproduction | dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Goniasteridae) |
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Ontogeny | accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata) |
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Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Goniasteridae) |
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Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. W. M. Jagt. 2000. Late Cretaceous-Early Paleocene echinoderms and the K/T boundary in the southeast Netherlands and the northeast Belgium. - part 5: Asteroids. Scripta Geologica 21:377-503 |
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