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Rhenaster

Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Xenasteridae

Taxonomy
Rhenaster was named by Schöndorf (1909) [Sepkoski's age data: D Emsi-l]. Its type is Rhenaster schwerdi.

It was assigned to Pustulosida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Xenasteridae by Schöndorf (1909), Schuchert (1915), Spencer and Wright (1966) and Blake (2018).

Species
R. schwerdi (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Rhenaster Schöndorf pp. 65, 108
1915Rhenaster Schuchert p. 133
1966Rhenaster Spencer and Wright p. U53
2002Rhenaster Sepkoski
2018Rhenaster Blake p. 42

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
orderHadrosida
familyXenasteridae
genusRhenaster

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. †Rhenaster Schöndorf 1909
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†Rhenaster schwerdi Schöndorf 1909
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available