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Cubanaster torrei

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Neolaganidae

Taxonomy
Jacksonaster torrei was named by Lambert (1926). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Loma de Callisto, Nuevitas, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in Cuba. It is the type species of Cubanaster.

It was recombined as Cubanaster torrei by Durham (1954).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Jacksonaster torrei Lambert p. 61 figs. pl. 12, figs. 1-3
1954Cubanaster torrei Durham p. 681

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
orderClypeasteroida
suborderLaganina
familyNeolaganidae
genusCubanaster
speciestorrei(Lambert 1926)

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.

†Cubanaster torrei Lambert 1926
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Diagnosis
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