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Lepidaster
Taxonomy
Lepidaster was named by Forbes (1850) [Sepkoski's age data: S Wenl-u]. Its type is Lepidaster grayi. It is the type genus of Lepidasteridae.
It was assigned to Lepidactinidae by Spencer (1918); to Pustulosida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Lepidasteridae by Schuchert (1915), Owen (1965), Spencer and Wright (1966), Herringshaw et al. (2007), Blake (2018).
It was assigned to Lepidactinidae by Spencer (1918); to Pustulosida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Lepidasteridae by Schuchert (1915), Owen (1965), Spencer and Wright (1966), Herringshaw et al. (2007), Blake (2018).
Species
L. grayi (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1850 | Lepidaster Forbes p. 1 |
| 1915 | Lepidaster Schuchert pp. 158-159 |
| 1918 | Lepidaster Spencer p. 116 |
| 1965 | Lepidaster Owen p. 564 |
| 1966 | Lepidaster Spencer and Wright p. U43 |
| 2002 | Lepidaster Sepkoski |
| 2007 | Lepidaster Herringshaw et al. pp. 1218-1219 |
| 2018 | Lepidaster Blake p. 33 |
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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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| L. G. Herringshaw et al. 2007 | Multi-rayed lepidasterids with large central disc. Very large oval madreporite in oral interradius, ornamented with radial striae. Inferomarginals form fanshaped array of triangulate to dentiform ossicles in oral interradii. Mouth angle plates and circumorals separated from marginal frame by numerous small actinals. |
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992 | |||||