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Paleoctenodiscus campaniurnus

Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Porcellanasteridae

Taxonomy
Paleoctenodiscus campaniurnus was named by Blake (1988). Its type specimen is holotype IGM 4290, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Asteroidea, Turbidite bed, Baja California, which is in a Campanian deep-water shale in Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Paleoctenodiscus campaniurnus Blake p. 630 figs. figs 1.1-1.8
2011Paleoctenodiscus campaniurus Gale p. 59

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderPaxillosida
—Cribellina()
familyPorcellanasteridae
genusPaleoctenodiscus
speciescampaniurnus

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.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. B. Blake 1988As for genus, by monotypy