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Heteraster

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Toxasteridae

Taxonomy
Heteraster is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Spatangoida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Toxasteridae by Fischer (1966), Barras (2007).

Species
H. constrictus, H. oblongus
Species lacking formal opinion data
H. couloni, H. pomeli

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Heteraster Fischer p. U553
2002Heteraster Sepkoski
2007Heteraster Barras pp. Fig. 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
familyToxasteridae
genusHeteraster

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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†Heteraster constrictus Fourtau 1921
†Heteraster oblongus Brogniart 1821
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: shallow infaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Diet 2: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-28 12:18:10
Modified: 2009-10-08 16:32:56
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Jurassic to the top of the Middle Cenomanian or 161.50000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (51 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Jurassic - Valanginian161.5 - 132.9Chile (Huasco) H. sp. (223282)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Chile (Huasco) H. sp. (223252)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Portugal H. sabugensis, H. corvensis (65876)
Late/Upper Barremian - Aptian130.0 - 113.0Romania H. oblongus (221641)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Portugal H. couloni (73156) H. couloni, H. pomeli, H. oblongus (73518) H. delgadoi (73499) H. lepidus (73306 73329) H. lepidus, H. couloni (73348)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Yemen (Wadi Hajar) H. oblongus (2576)
Barremian - Aptian129.4 - 113.0Portugal H. couloni, H. crisminensis, H. oblongus (73501)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Portugal H. constrictus (73566) H. peroni (73507) H. peroni, H. oblongus, H. constrictus (73556) H. peroni, H. pomeli (73564)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Switzerland H. couloni (2188 2189 2192 2193 2226 2227 2228 2229) H. oblongus (2177 2231)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Chile (Copiapó) H. sp. (223022)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0France H. couloni (2186 2190)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Egypt H. constrictus (220856)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Algeria H. sp. (40789) H. tissoti (40788) H. tissoti, H. oblongus (40787)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Serbia and Montenegro H. oblongus (67546)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Spain (Castellon) H. sp. (3722)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Hungary H. zircensis (66039)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Mexico H. sp. (64372)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46France H. oblongus (65910)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Spain (Valenciana) H. oblongus (45154)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Algeria H. oblongus (40786)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Portugal (Lisboa) H. oblongus (32320)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Peru (Cajamarca) H. obliquatus (88515) H. obliquatus, H. roseheni (88517) H. obliquatus, H. sp. (88516)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Portugal H. delgadoi (145812)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Egypt H. verruculatua, H. constrictus (98325)
Middle Albian - Cretaceous109.0 - 66.0Mexico (Colima) H. mexicanus (31305)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Portugal H. delgadoi (145814)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Egypt H. constrictus (98327)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France H. sp. (59817)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France H. sp. (59805)