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Pentasteria
Taxonomy
Pentasteria was named by Valette (1929) [Sepkoski's age data: J Plie T Eo-l]. It is not extant.
It was assigned to Astropectininae by Spencer and Wright (1966); to Paxillosida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Astropectinidae by Valette (1929), Hess (1972), Villier (2008), Gale (2011), Gale (2011) and Gale (2020).
It was assigned to Astropectininae by Spencer and Wright (1966); to Paxillosida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Astropectinidae by Valette (1929), Hess (1972), Villier (2008), Gale (2011), Gale (2011) and Gale (2020).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1850 | Crenaster d'Orbigny p. 56 |
| 1908 | Triboletia de Loriol p. 152 |
| 1909 | Astropecten (Crenaster) von Linstow p. 56 |
| 1929 | Pentasteria Valette |
| 1966 | Pentasteria Spencer and Wright p. U46 |
| 1972 | Pentasteria Hess p. 9 |
| 2002 | Pentasteria Sepkoski |
| 2008 | Pentasteria Villier p. 148 |
| 2011 | Pentasteria Gale p. 57 |
| 2020 | Pentasteria Gale p. 310 |
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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. †Pentasteria Valette 1929
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Subg. †Pentasteria (Archastropecten) Hess 1955
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†Archastropecten carroni de Loriol 1894
†Archastropecten carthusiae Hérenger 1944
†Archastropecten clavaeformis Wright 1861
†Archastropecten cotteswoldiae stamfordensis Wright 1863
†Archastropecten desori de Loriol 1874
†Archastropecten hooperi Wright 1880
†Archastropecten leckenbyi Wright 1863
†Archastropecten lorioli de Loriol and Pellat 1874
†Archastropecten mabillei de Loriol 1880
†Archastropecten mandelslohi Forbes 1848
†Archastropecten obesus Hess 1955
†Archastropecten orion Forbes 1848
†Archastropecten phillipsii Forbes 1848
†Archastropecten priscus Goldfuss 1833
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Invalid names: Asterias breviassula Quenstedt 1876 [synonym], Asterias longassula Quenstedt 1876 [synonym]
†Archastropecten rupellensis d'Orbigny 1850
†Archastropecten scarburgensis Wright 1863
†Archastropecten suprajurensis Schilling 1870
†Archastropecten wilckensis de Loriol 1905
†Archastropecten wittsii Wright 1863
†Archastropecten wolterdorfi Hess 1955
†Pentasteria (Archastropecten) cotteswoldiae Murchison 1845
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†Archastropecten cotteswoldiae stonesvieldensis Wright 1863
†Pentasteria (Archastropecten) huxleyi Wright 1863
†Pentasteria (Archastropecten) infirma Fraas 1886
†Pentasteria (Archastropecten) lithographica de Loriol 1895
†Pentasteria (Archastropecten) longispina Hess 1968
†Pentasteria (Archastropecten) procera Hess 1960
Subg. †Pentasteria (Pentasteria) Hess 1960
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†Pentasteria (Pentasteria) blakei Hess 1987
†Pentasteria (Pentasteria) kelleri Hess 1972
†Pentasteria (Pentasteria) tenuimarginata Meyer 1988
†Pentasteria (Pentasteria) tithonica Kutscher and Röper 1999
†Pentasteria boisteli Valette 1929
†Pentasteria elegans Fraas 1886
†Pentasteria gataui de Loriol 1887
†Pentasteria liasica Villier et al. 2004
†Pentasteria recta McCoy 1848
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Invalid names: Crenaster nodotiana d'Orbigny 1850 [synonym], Triboletia nodosa de Loriol 1908 [synonym]
Invalid names: Crenaster d'Orbigny 1850 [synonym], Triboletia de Loriol 1908 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Blake 1990, Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992 | |||||
Age range: base of the Middle Toarcian to the top of the Late/Upper Cretaceous or 182.00000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (26 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Toarcian | France (Poitou-Charentes) | P. liasica (31839) | |
| Late/Upper Bajocian | Switzerland | P. kelleri (32036) | |
| Callovian | Germany (Brandenburg) | P. longispina (32016) | |
| Early/Lower Callovian | Switzerland | P. sp. (61717) | |
| Early/Lower Callovian | France | Astropecten clavaeformis (72288) | |
| Late/Upper Callovian | Poland | P. sp. (63064) | |
| Late/Upper Callovian | France | P. recta (97871) | |
| Late/Upper Oxfordian | Switzerland | P. longispina (58317) P. recta (61723) | |
| Late/Upper Oxfordian | France | P. longispina (61724) | |
| Middle Oxfordian | France | P. recta (62708 62710) | |
| Middle Oxfordian | Switzerland | P. longispina (58565 58566 58568) P. recta (62045) P. sp. (58567) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Germany | P. sp. (211294) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | France | P. infirma (58658) P. lithographica (58209) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | Germany (Bayern) | P. tithonica (31994) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) | P. sp. (35262) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | France (Var) | P. sp. (58575) | |
| Late/Upper Valanginian | France | Astropecten carthusiae (64824) | |
| Early/Lower Hauterivian | Germany | P. sp. (91586) | |
| Late/Upper Cretaceous | Argentina (San Luis) | Astropecten wilckensis (235482) |