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Orthaster

Echinoidea - Spatangoida

Taxonomy
Orthaster is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Spatangoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Orthaster Sepkoski

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

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. †Orthaster
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†Orthaster dagestanensis Moskvin 1982
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Invalid names: Orthaster okhliensis Moskvin 1982 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available