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Eostella

Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Palaeasteridae

Taxonomy
Eostella was named by Lehmann (1957) [Sepkoski's age data: D l]. Its type is Eostella hunsrueckiana.

It was assigned to Asteroidea by Lehmann (1957); to Palaeasteraceae by Spencer and Wright (1966); to Pustulosida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Palaeasteridae by Blake (2018).

Species
E. hunsrueckiana (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Eostella Lehmann p. 144
1966Eostella Spencer and Wright p. U53
2002Eostella Sepkoski
2018Eostella Blake p. 39

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
orderHadrosida
familyPalaeasteridae
genusEostella

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.

G. †Eostella Lehmann 1957
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†Eostella hunsrueckiana Lehmann 1957
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available