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Acriaster sergipensis

Echinoidea - Archiaciidae

Taxonomy
Acriaster sergipensis was named by Smith (1991). Its type specimen is USNM 448097 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lastro, perto de Maroim, which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in the Riacheulo Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Acriaster.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Acriaster sergipensis Smith p. 47 figs. Pl 8H-K; text-figs 38,39

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
familyArchiaciidae()
genusAcriaster
speciessergipensis

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.

†Acriaster sergipensis Smith 1991
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available