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Chinianasteridae

Somasteroidea - Chinianasteridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Chinianasteridae Spencer p. 93
1963Villebrunasteridae Fell
1965Chinianasteridae Owen p. 543
1966Chinianasteridae Spencer and Wright p. U39
1966Villebrunasteridae Spencer and Wright pp. U39-U40
1989Villebrunasteridae Blake p. 212
1993Chinianasteridae Blake and Guensburg p. 106
2005Chinianasteridae Dean Shackleton p. 64
2015Chinianasteridae Blake and Guensburg p. 467

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classSomasteroidea()
familyChinianasteridae
familyChinianasteridae

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.

Fm. †Chinianasteridae Spencer 1951
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G. †Chinianaster Thoral 1935
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Chinianaster levyi Thoral 1935
G. †Ophioxenikos Blake and Guensburg 1993
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Ophioxenikos langenheimi Blake and Guensburg 1993
G. †Thoralaster Dean Shackleton 2005
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Thoralaster spiculiformis Dean Shackleton 2005
G. †Villebrunaster Spencer 1951
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Villebrunaster fezouataensis Hunter and Ortega-Hernández 2021
Villebrunaster thorali Spencer 1951
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Invalid names: Ampullaster ubaghsi Fell 1963 [synonym]
Invalid names: Ampullaster Fell 1963 [synonym], Cantabrigiaster Hunter and Ortega-Hernández 2021 [synonym]
Invalid names: Villebrunasteridae Fell 1963 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Dean Shackleton 2005Ambulacral perradial region forms tall roof sheating radial water vessel; adambulacral spines lost; inferomarginal length less than half length of ambulacrals; inferomarginals with prominent spikes; madreporite in contact with adambulacral plating; rod-like rectangular plates link main aboral plates.