Psammaster davidsoni

Psammaster davidsoni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Forcipulatida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Asterozoa Classis: Asteroidea Ordo: Forcipulatida

Genus: †Psammaster
Species: †Psammaster davidsoni

Name

• Psammaster davidsoni (de Loriol & Pellat, 1874) Fau et al., 2020
  • original combination: Ophidiaster davidsoni de Loriol & Pellat, 1874
  • Type locality: Grès des Oies Formation, Tithonian of Ningle, south Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France
  • Lectotype: BMNH PI E 53996 [1]
  • Paralectotype: BMNH PI E 1499 [2]
  • Fossil range: Tithonian

Synonymy

• Ophidiaster davidsoni de Loriol & Pellat, 1874

References

• Fau, M., Villier, L., Ewin, T.A.M., Gale, A.S. 2020. A revision of Ophidiaster davidsoni de Loriol and Pellat 1874 from the Tithonian of Boulogne (France) and its transfer from the Valvatacea to the new forcipulatacean genus Psammaster gen. nov. Fossil Record. 23(2): 141–149. DOI: 10.5194/fr-23-141-2020 Reference page.  [as Psammaster davidsoni p. 143–144, recombination]