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Mistia
Taxonomy
Mistia was named by Blake (1973) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-l]. It is not extant.
It was synonymized subjectively with Nearchaster by Gale and Jagt (2021).
It was assigned to Benthopectinidae by Blake (1973); to Benthopectininae by Blake (1984); and to Paxillosida by Sepkoski (2002).
It was synonymized subjectively with Nearchaster by Gale and Jagt (2021).
It was assigned to Benthopectinidae by Blake (1973); to Benthopectininae by Blake (1984); and to Paxillosida by Sepkoski (2002).
Synonymy list
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G. †Mistia Blake 1973
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| D. B. Blake 1973 | Disk moderately large, with slender, tapering arms. Margins and aboral surface heavily spinose. Primary aboral ossicles large, conical, with single central base, surrounded by ring of smaller, generally inconspicuous bases. Marginal ossicles inflated, area of spine bases not distinctly more inflated than remainder of ossicle. Superomarginal with three principal spine bases, inferomarginal with one principal base. Adambulacral with two transverse principal spine bases, relatively small ad pm. Mouth ossicle with three large adradial triangularly arranged spine bases, three moderate-sized spine bases abradial to large group, peristomial margin with low spine bases. |
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992 | |||||
Collections
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