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Oreasteridae
Taxonomy
Oreasteridae was named by Fisher (1911). It is extant. Its type is Oreaster. It was considered monophyletic by Gale (1987) and Mah and Blake (2012).
It was assigned to Granulosina by Spencer and Wright (1966); to Tripedicellaria by Gale (2011); and to Valvatida by Gale (1987), Blake (1989) and Mah and Blake (2012).
It was assigned to Granulosina by Spencer and Wright (1966); to Tripedicellaria by Gale (2011); and to Valvatida by Gale (1987), Blake (1989) and Mah and Blake (2012).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1911 | Oreasteridae Fisher p. 18 |
| 1966 | Oreasteridae Spencer and Wright p. 63 |
| 1987 | Oreasteridae Gale p. 125 |
| 1989 | Oreasteridae Blake p. 213 |
| 2011 | Oreasteridae Gale p. 60 |
| 2012 | Oreasteridae Mah and Blake p. 3 |
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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.
Fm. Oreasteridae Fisher 1911
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G. Anthenea Gray 1840
G. Goniodiscaster Clark 1909
G. Oreaster Müller and Troschel 1842
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†Oreaster squamosus Forbes 1848
Invalid names: Pentaceros Gray 1840 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available