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Eopentaroida (disused)
Taxonomy
Eopentaroida was named by Dean Shackleton (2005). It is not extant. It was considered monophyletic by Dean Shackleton (2005).
It was assigned to Asterozoa by Dean Shackleton (2005).
It was assigned to Asterozoa by Dean Shackleton (2005).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2005 | Eopentaroida Dean Shackleton p. 71 |
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Or. †Eopentaroida Dean Shackleton 2005
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| J. Dean Shackleton 2005 | Ambulacral proximal podial flange with tongue overlapping distal flange; transverse contact of adjacent ambulacrals overlapping; perradial bars of ambulacrals in oral view end in rounded tongues; inferomarginal ossicles bear spines; madreporite in contact with inferomarginal ossicle; actinal ossicles stellate and aligned; bucal slits present; dental plate absent. |