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Migmasteridae
Taxonomy
Migmasteridae was named by Gale (2011). Its type is Migmaster. It was considered monophyletic by Gale (2011).
It was assigned to Neoasteroidea by Gale (2011).
It was assigned to Neoasteroidea by Gale (2011).
Subtaxa
Migmaster (type genus)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2011 | Migmasteridae Gale p. 102 |
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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.
Fm. †Migmasteridae Gale 2011
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| A. S. Gale 2011 | Short, rapidly tapering arms. Blocky paired supero- and inferomarginals. A single large interradial inferomarginal which inset from the ambitus. oval, transversely broad adambulacrals that carry four or five transversely arranged blade-like spines adradially. Abradially, they each bear a single large, blade-like spine on the distal margin. |
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992 | |||||