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Asterias
Taxonomy
Asterias was named by Linnaeus (1758) [Sepkoski's age data: J Plie R]. It is extant. Its type is Asterias rubens. It is the type genus of Asteriinae.
It was assigned to Asteriidae by Gray (1840); to Asteridae by Clark and Twitchell (1915); to Asteriinae by Spencer and Wright (1966); and to Forcipulatida by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Asteriidae by Gray (1840); to Asteridae by Clark and Twitchell (1915); to Asteriinae by Spencer and Wright (1966); and to Forcipulatida by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Asterias Linnaeus p. 661 |
| 1836 | Uraster Agassiz p. 191 |
| 1840 | Asterias Gray p. 178 |
| 1840 | Asteracanthion Müller and Troschel p. 320 |
| 1915 | Asterias Clark and Twitchell p. 28 |
| 1966 | Asterias Spencer and Wright p. U75 |
| 2002 | Asterias Sepkoski |
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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. Asterias Linnaeus 1758
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Subg. †Asterias (Archaeasterias) Müller 1855
†Asterias arenicola Goldfuss 1833
†Asterias bituminosa Geinitz 1849
†Asterias deslongchampsi Morière 1878
†Asterias dubium Whitfield 1877
†Asterias lincki Sears 1905
Asterias planci Linnaeus 1758
†Asterias propinqua Münster 1835
†Asterias punctulata Desmoulins 1832
†Asterias ranvillensis Porte 1927
†Asterias remondii Gabb 1866
Asterias rubens Linnaeus 1758
†Asterias stellionura Sears 1905
Invalid names: Asteracanthion Müller and Troschel 1840 [synonym], Uraster Agassiz 1836 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Liasicus to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 201.40000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 199.5 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 199.5 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Liasicus | Belgium (Luxembourg) | A. sp. (40087) | |
| Late/Upper Bathonian | France | A. ranvillensis (58932) | |
| Tortonian | Argentina (Entre Rios) | A. dugratii (13626) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | USA (California) | A. remondii (203557) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Massachusetts) | A. stellionura, A. lincki (203613) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Maryland) | A. forbesi (48886 66720) |