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Asteroblastus
Taxonomy
Asteroblastus was named by d'Eichwald (1862) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren-u O Llvi-l Sepkoski's reference number: 2]. Its type is Asteroblastus stellatus. It is the type genus of Asteroblastida, Asteroblastidae.
It was assigned to Asteroblastidae by Beaver et al. (1967); and to Diploporita by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Asteroblastidae by Beaver et al. (1967); and to Diploporita by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
A. stellatus (syn. A. foveolatus) (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1862 | Asteroblastus d'Eichwald p. 62 |
| 1967 | Asteroblastus Beaver et al. p. S258 |
| 2002 | Asteroblastus Sepkoski |
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G. †Asteroblastus d'Eichwald 1862
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†Asteroblastus stellatus d'Eichwald 1862
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Invalid names: Asteroblastus foveolatus d'Eichwald 1860 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available