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Astroscleridae
Taxonomy
Astroscleridae is a family. It is extant. Its type is Astrosclera.
It was assigned to Agelasida by Finks et al. (2004), West et al. (2015).
It was assigned to Agelasida by Finks et al. (2004), West et al. (2015).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2004 | Astroscleridae Finks et al. p. 591 |
| 2015 | Astroscleridae West et al. p. 240 |
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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.
Fm. Astroscleridae
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G. †Cassianochaetetes Engeser and Taylor 1989
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†Cassianochaetetes gnemidius Klipstein 1843
†Cassianochaetetes milleporatus Münster 1841
†Cassianochaetetes orbignyanus Klipstein 1845
G. Ceratoporella Hickson 1911
G. Goreauiella
G. Hispidopetra
G. †Parastrosclera Wu 1991
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†Parastrosclera polystellaris Wu 1991
†Parastrosclera singularis Wu 1991
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Roadian to the top of the Holocene or 274.40000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 266.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 266.9 Ma
Collections (25 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Roadian | USA (Texas) | Cooperaria getawayensis (81693 81722 101767) | |
| Wordian | China (Guangxi) | Parastrosclera polystellaris (51169 51174 51175) Parastrosclera singularis (51176) Parastrosclera singularis, Spumisclera discreta (51185) | |
| Wordian | USA (Texas) | Cooperaria getawayensis (81695 81707 81709) | |
| Wordian - Capitanian | Tunisia (Madanin) | Ceratoporella sp. (42093) | |
| Changhsingian | Greece | Spherolichaetetes sp. (74927) | |
| Ladinian - Carnian | Italy | Ceratoporella breviacanthostyla (182586) | |
| Julian | Italy | Achilleum milleporatum (137429) Cassianochaetetes sp., Cassianochaetetes milleporatus (145649) Ceratoporella sp. (69662) Hispidopetra triassica, Ceratoporella sp., Ceratoporella breviacanthostyla (34691) | |
| Carnian | Austria (Tyrol) | Ceriopora gnemidium (202331) | |
| Carnian | Germany | Ceriopora gnemidium (206004) | |
| Carnian | Austria | Ceriopora gnemidium (206002) | |
| Tuvalian | Austria (Tyrol) | Ceriopora gnemidium (203207) | |
| Lacian | Türkiye (Anatolia) | Astrosclera cuifi (38048) | |
| Lutetian | Italy (Veneto) | Astrosclera sp. (110070) | |
| Holocene | Cayman Islands | Ceratoporella nicholsoni (97605) |