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Lepidactininae (disused)
Taxonomy
Lepidactinidae was named by Spencer (1918). Its type is Lepidactis.
It was synonymized subjectively with Lepidasteridae by Owen (1965); it was reranked as the subfamily Lepidactininae by Spencer and Wright (1966).
It was assigned to Asteroidea by Spencer (1918); and to Mesopalaeasteridae by Spencer and Wright (1966).
It was synonymized subjectively with Lepidasteridae by Owen (1965); it was reranked as the subfamily Lepidactininae by Spencer and Wright (1966).
It was assigned to Asteroidea by Spencer (1918); and to Mesopalaeasteridae by Spencer and Wright (1966).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1918 | Lepidactinidae Spencer p. 112 |
1966 | Lepidactininae Spencer and Wright p. U51 |
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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.
Subfm. †Lepidactininae Spencer 1918
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available