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Pentasteria (Pentasteria) tenuimarginata

Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae

Taxonomy
Pentasteria (Pentasteria) tenuimarginata was named by Meyer (1988). Its type specimen is Holotype NMS 20 050, Naturmuseum Solothurn and is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Pentasteria (Pentasteria) tenuimarginata Meyer pp. 846-854 figs. fig. 1-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderPaxillosida
familyAstropectinidae
genusPentasteria
subgenusPentasteria
speciestenuimarginata

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
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