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Furculaster
Taxonomy
Furculaster was named by Gale (2022). It is not extant. Its type is Furculaster cretae.
It was assigned to Korethrasteridae by Gale (2022).
It was assigned to Korethrasteridae by Gale (2022).
Species
F. cretae (type species)
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2022 | Furculaster Gale p. 5 |
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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.
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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A.S. Gale 2022 | Adambulacrals with broad, short region for articulation with adjacent plates, which carries four to five adambulacral spines; articulation complex with ambulacral highly reduced; elongated, distally curved lateral process on adambulacrals. |
Measurements
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Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum | |||||
References: Blake 1990, Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992 |
Collections
No collection or age range data are available