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Heteraster

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Toxasteridae

Taxonomy
Heteraster is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Spatangoida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Toxasteridae by Fischer (1966) and Barras (2007).

Species
H. constrictus, H. oblongus
Species lacking formal opinion data
H. couloni, H. pomeli

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Heteraster Fischer p. U553
2002Heteraster Sepkoski
2007Heteraster Barras pp. Fig. 13

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

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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†Heteraster constrictus Fourtau 1921
†Heteraster oblongus Brogniart 1821
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available