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Pericosmus (Victoriaster)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Paleopneustidae

Taxonomy
Victoriaster was named by Lambert (1920) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi Sepkoski's reference number: 1242].

It was reranked as Pericosmus (Victoriaster) by Fischer (1966).

It was assigned to Pericosmus by Fischer (1966); and to Spatangoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Victoriaster Lambert
1966Pericosmus (Victoriaster) Fischer p. U569
2002Victoriaster Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderPaleopneustina
superfamilyPaleopneustidea
familyPaleopneustidae
genusPericosmusAgassiz 1847
subgenusVictoriaster()

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.

Subg. †Pericosmus (Victoriaster) Lambert 1920
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Victoriaster lamberti Sanchez Roig 1923
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available