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Platanaster
Taxonomy
Platanaster was named by Spencer (1919) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara-l Sepkoski's reference number: 2]. Its type is Platanaster ordovicus.
It was assigned to Platyasterida by Sepkoski (2002); to Palasteriscinae by Dean Shackleton (2005); to Palasteriscidae by Owen (1965), Spencer and Wright (1966), Blake (1994), Blake and Rozhnov (2007); and to Platanasteridae by Spencer (1919), Blake (2018).
It was assigned to Platyasterida by Sepkoski (2002); to Palasteriscinae by Dean Shackleton (2005); to Palasteriscidae by Owen (1965), Spencer and Wright (1966), Blake (1994), Blake and Rozhnov (2007); and to Platanasteridae by Spencer (1919), Blake (2018).
Species
P. ordovicus (type species)