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Jurapecten

Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Benthopectinidae

Taxonomy
Jurapecten was named by Gale (2011). Its type is Jurapecten hessi. It was considered monophyletic by Gale (2011).

It was assigned to Benthopectinidae by Gale (2011), Gale (2011) and Gale and Jagt (2021).

Species
J. dhondtae, J. hessi (type species), J. infrajurensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Jurapecten Gale p. 76
2021Jurapecten Gale and Jagt p. 161

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderPaxillosida
familyBenthopectinidae
genusJurapecten

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.

G. †Jurapecten Gale 2011
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†Jurapecten dhondtae Gale and Jagt 2021
†Jurapecten hessi Gale 2011
†Jurapecten infrajurensis Gale and Jagt 2021
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. S. Gale 2011A benthopectinid that lacks transverse abactinal ridges on the ambulacral ossicles and possesses elongated, bare-like ambulacral heads. Parapaxillae are present.
A.S. Gale and J.W.M. Jagt 2021Benthopectinids which possess strongly rugose marginals; rugosities conjoined by thin radiating strips of imperforate stereom; ambulacrals lack abactinal ridges and nferomarginal articulation.