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Salteraster
Taxonomy
Salteraster was named by Stürtz (1893) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara-l S Sepkoski's reference number: 239]. Its type is Palaeaster asperrima.
It was synonymized subjectively with Urasterella by Schuchert (1915) and Dean Shackleton (2005).
It was assigned to Uractinida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Urasterellidae by Spencer (1918), Withers and Keble (1934), Owen (1965), Spencer and Wright (1966), Blake and Rozhnov (2007), Blake and Koniecki (2020) and Müller and Hahn (2022).
It was synonymized subjectively with Urasterella by Schuchert (1915) and Dean Shackleton (2005).
It was assigned to Uractinida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Urasterellidae by Spencer (1918), Withers and Keble (1934), Owen (1965), Spencer and Wright (1966), Blake and Rozhnov (2007), Blake and Koniecki (2020) and Müller and Hahn (2022).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1893 | Salteraster Stürtz pp. 43, 60 |
| 1918 | Salteraster Spencer p. 149 |
| 1934 | Salteraster Withers and Keble p. 235 |
| 1965 | Salteraster Owen p. 566 |
| 1966 | Salteraster Spencer and Wright p. U71 |
| 2002 | Salteraster Sepkoski |
| 2007 | Salteraster Blake and Rozhnov p. 524 |
| 2020 | Salteraster Blake and Koniecki p. 22 figs. 7, 8, 9.3-9.4 |
| 2022 | Salteraster Müller and Hahn p. 10 |
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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. †Salteraster Stürtz 1893
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†Salteraster acuminatus Simonovitsch 1871
†Salteraster asperrimus Salter 1857
†Salteraster biradialis Withers and Keble 1934
†Salteraster coronella Salter 1857
†Salteraster imbricatus Salter 1865
†Salteraster selwyni McCoy 1874
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available