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Pustulosida (disused)

Asteroidea - Pustulosida

Taxonomy
Pustulosa was named by Spencer (1951).

It was corrected as Pustulosina by Spencer and Wright (1966); it was reranked as the order Pustulosida by Blake (1989), Webster et al. (1999) and Sepkoski (2002); it was considered an invalid subgroup of Asteroidea by Blake (2018).

It was assigned to Phanerozonida by Spencer (1951) and Owen (1965); to Valvatida by Spencer and Wright (1966); and to Asteroidea by Blake (1989), Webster et al. (1999) and Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Pustulosa Spencer p. 122
1965Pustulosa Owen p. 567
1966Pustulosina Spencer and Wright p. U48
1989Pustulosida Blake p. 212
1999Pustulosida Webster et al. p. 476
2002Pustulosida Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
orderPustulosida()
orderPustulosida()

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.

Or. †Pustulosida Spencer 1951
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Superfm. †Promopalaeasteraceae Schuchert 1914
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Invalid names: Eoactinidae Spencer 1919 [empty]
Invalid names: Bimarginalina Kesling 1969 [empty], Palaeasteraceae Miller 1889 [empty]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. K. Spencer 1951With undifferentiated spines placed on pustules
W. K. Spencer and C. W. Wright 1966Margin with many small undifferentiated spines elavated on small tubercles (pustules); superomarginal generally within frame of inferomarginals and loosely connected. Pedicellariae unknown.