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Foliaster
Taxonomy
Foliaster was named by Blake (1994) [Sepkoski's age data: D Give-l]. Its type is Foliaster transversus.
It was assigned to Palasteriscidae by Blake (1994); and to Platyasterida by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Palasteriscidae by Blake (1994); and to Platyasterida by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
F. transversus (type species)
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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.
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| D. B. Blake 1994 | Arms elongate and petaloid with a very small disk; ambulacrals broad with an external podial basin at the abradial end of the basin; ambitus formed by relatively narrow adambulacrals; adambulacrals spinose. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Blake 1994, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||