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Schondorfia
Taxonomy
Schondorfia was named by Blake and Guensburg (1989) [Sepkoski's age data: C Serp-l]. It is not extant. Its type is Schondorfia fungosa.
It was assigned to Hemizonida by Blake and Guensburg (1989); to Pustulosida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Euaxosida by Blake (2018).
It was assigned to Hemizonida by Blake and Guensburg (1989); to Pustulosida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Euaxosida by Blake (2018).
Species
S. fungosa (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1989 | Schondorfia Blake and Guensburg p. 338 |
| 2002 | Schondorfia Sepkoski |
| 2018 | Schondorfia Blake p. 56 |
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G. †Schondorfia Blake and Guensburg 1989
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†Schondorfia fungosa Blake and Guensburg 1989
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| D. B. Blake and T. E. Guensburg 1989 | Multiarmed asteroid with abactinals, marginals, actinals not differentiated; these ossicles thin, abutted, with densely arranged small spinelets; ambulacrals, adambulacrals paired, podial pores inferred present between subsequent ambulacrals; adambulacrals sigmoidal, inclined to arm axis; abactinal to actinal series extend to oral fram ossicles, adoral carina lacking; oral large, keel-like, braced by large odontophore. |