TY - JOUR
T1 - Carniaster orchardi new genus and species (Echinodermata
T2 - Asteroidea), the first triassic asteroid from the western hemisphere
AU - Blake, Daniel B.
AU - Zonneveld, John Paul
PY - 2004/7
Y1 - 2004/7
N2 - Carniaster orchardi n. gen. and sp. (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) is only the fourth Triassic asteroid known from material complete enough to warrant a generic name. Data indicating familial and ordinal positions are not available. All four Triassic genera belong to the exclusively post-Paleozoic crown group. Carniaster does not appear to differ significantly from other described Triassic genera, and it probably represents a broadly basal lineage within the crown group diversification. Available morphological data suggest no ecologic parameters that would be unusual among living asteroids. Carniaster is the first complete Triassic asteroid known from beyond Europe.
AB - Carniaster orchardi n. gen. and sp. (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) is only the fourth Triassic asteroid known from material complete enough to warrant a generic name. Data indicating familial and ordinal positions are not available. All four Triassic genera belong to the exclusively post-Paleozoic crown group. Carniaster does not appear to differ significantly from other described Triassic genera, and it probably represents a broadly basal lineage within the crown group diversification. Available morphological data suggest no ecologic parameters that would be unusual among living asteroids. Carniaster is the first complete Triassic asteroid known from beyond Europe.
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U2 - 10.1666/0022-3360(2004)078<0723:CONGAS>2.0.CO;2
DO - 10.1666/0022-3360(2004)078<0723:CONGAS>2.0.CO;2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:3242724312
SN - 0022-3360
VL - 78
SP - 723
EP - 730
JO - Journal of Paleontology
JF - Journal of Paleontology
IS - 4
ER -