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Promopalaeasteraceae (disused)

Asteroidea - Pustulosida

Taxonomy
Promopalaeasteraceae was named by Schuchert (1914). It is not extant.

It was corrected as Promopalaeasteracea by Schuchert (1915).

It was assigned to Phanerozonia by Schuchert (1915); and to Pustulosina by Spencer and Wright (1966).

Subtaxa
Sister taxa
Eoactinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Promopalaeasteraceae Schuchert
1915Promopalaeasteracea Schuchert p. 53
1966Promopalaeasteraceae Spencer and Wright p. U53

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
orderPustulosida()
superfamilyPromopalaeasteraceae
superfamilyPromopalaeasteraceae

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.

Superfm. †Promopalaeasteraceae Schuchert 1914
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Invalid names: Eoactinidae Spencer 1919 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 15:35:10
Modified: 2010-02-09 06:02:08
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992
Collections
No collection or age range data are available