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Fernandezaster

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae

Taxonomy
Fernandezaster is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Brissidae by Fischer (1966) and Kier (1984); and to Spatangoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
F. mortenseni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Fernandezaster Fischer p. U588
1984Fernandezaster Kier p. 112
2002Fernandezaster Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderBrissidina
familyBrissidae
genusFernandezaster

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.

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†Fernandezaster mortenseni Sanchez Roig 1952
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available