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Pteraster cretachiton
Taxonomy
Pteraster cretachiton was named by Gale (2022). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Holotype NHMUK EE 17750.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2022 | Pteraster cretachiton Gale p. 9 figs. Fig. 10C, D |
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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.
†Pteraster cretachiton Gale 2022
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Diagnosis
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| A.S. Gale 2022 | Adambulacrals broad, short, adamb flange oval, broad, bearing six adamb spines; apertural spine widely separated from adamb spines. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Blake 1990, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Collections
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