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Cretasterias
Taxonomy
Cretasterias was named by Gale and Villier (2013). Its type is Cretasterias reticulatus.
It was assigned to Asteriidae by Gale and Villier (2013).
It was assigned to Asteriidae by Gale and Villier (2013).
Species
C. reticulatus (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2013 | Cretasterias Gale and Villier p. 579 |
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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.
G. †Cretasterias Gale and Villier 2013
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†Cretasterias reticulatus Gale and Villier 2013
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| A. Gale and L. Villier 2013 | A genus of asteriid characterized by a reticular abactinal construction in the arm, made up of an inferomarginal, a superomarginal, a single adradial and a carinal row of ossicles. Adambulacral spination diplacanthid. Large single spines on marginals and abactinals carry wreaths of crossed pedicellariae which are also present in clusters on the adambulacral spines. |
Measurements
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| Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Morocco | C. reticulatus (145471) |