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| Rank | species (PBDB) |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea : Oegophiurida : Protasteridae : Furcaster : Furcaster leptosoma |
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Classification
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Furcaster leptosoma | species | belongs to Protaster | stated without evidence | Salter, 1857 | | Furcaster leptosoma | species | belongs to Sturtzura | stated without evidence | Gregory, 1897 | | Furcaster leptosoma | species | belongs to Sturtzura | stated with evidence | Chapman, 1907 | | Furcaster leptosoma | species | belongs to Sturtzura | stated without evidence | Schöndorf, 1910 | | Furcaster leptosoma | species | belongs to Rhodostoma | stated with evidence | Sollas and Sollas, 1912 | | Furcaster leptosoma | species | belongs to Sturtzura | stated without evidence | Schuchert, 1914 | | Furcaster leptosoma | species | belongs to Sturtzura | stated with evidence | Schuchert, 1915 | | Furcaster leptosoma | species | belongs to Furcaster | stated with evidence | Spencer, 1925 | | Furcaster leptosoma | species | belongs to Furcaster | stated without evidence | Owen, 1965 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 439 - 433 Ma
Silurian |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 421 - 419 Ma
Paleozoic |
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| Environment | marine (based on Ophiuroidea) |
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| Motility | slow-moving (based on Ophiuroidea) |
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| Vision | blind (based on Ophiuroidea) |
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| Diet | detritivore, suspension feeder (based on Ophiuroidea) |
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| Reproduction | dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata) |
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| Ontogeny | accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata) |
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| Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Ophiuroidea) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. W. Salter. 1857. On some new Palaeozoic star-fishes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 20:321-334 |
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| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1912 | Rhodostoma leptosoma Sollas and Sollas p. 223 figs. text-fig. 4c, pl. 9 figs. 3,4 |
| 1914 | Sturtzura leptosoma Schuchert pp. 35, 41 |
| 1915 | Sturtzura leptosoma Schuchert p. 237 |
| 1915 | Squamaster echinatus Schuchert pp. 249-250 |
| 1915 | Sympterura minveri Schuchert p. 256 figs. text-fig. 22 |
| 1925 | Furcaster leptosoma Spencer pp. 319-326 figs. text figs. 197, 198, 207, 208, 211, 212, pl. 18 fig. 4, pl. 22 fig. 3-10 |
| 1965 | Furcaster leptosoma Owen p. 556 |
| 2007 | Furcaster leptosoma Lewis et al. p. 37 figs. pl. 1, fig. 6, pl. 2 fig. 2 |
| Salter J. W. On some new Palaeozoic star-fishes., Annals and Magazine of Natural History 20, 321-334 |
| Wright T. Monograph on the British fossil Echinodermata of the Oolitic Formations. Volume 2 - The Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea, Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society 1861, 1-130 |
| Quenstedt F. A. Petrefaktenkunde Deutschlands, 1 abt. Echinodermen (Asteriden und Encriniden), L.F. Fues, Leipzig, 1-742 |
| Ringueberg E.N.S. New genera and species of fossils from the Niagara shales, Buffalo Society of Natural Science, Bulletin 5, 1-22 |
| Stürtz B. Beitrag zur Kenntnis paläozoische Seesterne, Palaeontographica 32, 75-98 |
| Gregory J. W. On the classification of the Palaeozoic echinoderms of the group Ophiuroidea., Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1896, 1028-1044 |
| Schuchert C. (1914) Fossilium Catalogus. 1: Animalia, pars 3, Stelleroidea palaeozoica, W. Junk, Berlin, 1-53 |
| Schuchert C. (1915) Revision of Paleozoic Stelleroidea with special reference to North American Asteroidea, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 88, 1-311 |
| Spencer W. K. (1925) A monograph of the British Palaeozoic Asterozoa., Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society, London 1922 6, 237-324 |
| Lewis D. N., Donovan S. K., et al (2007) A field guide to the Silurian Echinodermata of the British Isles: Part 1 - Eleutherozoa and Rhombifera, Scripta Geologica 134, 27-59 |
Furcaster leptosoma ✝
