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Lophidiaster silentiensis

Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae

Taxonomy
Lophidiaster silentiensis was named by McLearn (1944). Its type specimen is holotype: 8995, Geological Survey, Ottawa and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Starfish Creek, Peace River canyon, which is in an Albian marine shale/sandstone in the Hasler Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Lophidiaster silentiensis McLearn p. 133 figs. pl. 1 fig. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderPaxillosida
familyAstropectinidae
subfamilyAstropectininae
genusLophidiaster
speciessilentiensis

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.

†Lophidiaster silentiensis McLearn 1944
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Diagnosis
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