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Paxillosida
| Description | The Paxillosida are a large order of sea stars. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paxillosida, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Paxillosida | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Paxillosida | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 138 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 23 (17%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 237 - 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | E. Perrier. 1884. Mémoire sur les étoiles de mer recueillies dans la mer des Antilles et le Golf du Mexique. Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 6(2):127-276 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | モミジガイ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paxillosida |
External Images
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Diplozonina suborder | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Notomyotina suborder | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Astropectinidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Astropectinidae genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 165 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Ctenodiscidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Goniopectinidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 161 Ma Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Lepidasteridae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 433 Ma Silurian | 431 Ma Silurian | |
| Lethmasteridae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Luidiidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Luidiidaesladen family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Paleobenthopectinidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Porcellanasteridae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Pseudarchasteridae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Radiasteridae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 9 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Cribellina unranked clade | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1884 | Paxillosida Perrier p. 154 |
| 1966 | Paxillosida Spencer and Wright p. U43 |
| 1989 | Paxillosida Blake p. 213 |
| 1995 | Paxillosida Blake and Sturgeon p. 377 |
| 2002 | Paxillosida Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2005 | Paxillosida Donovan et al. p. 101 |
| 2007 | Paxillosida Villier et al. p. 415 |
| 2011 | Paxillosida Gale p. 53 |
| 2012 | Paxillosida Mah and Blake p. 3 |
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!
