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Asterinidae
Taxonomy
Asterinidae was named by Gray (1840). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Gale (1987), paraphyletic by Mah and Blake (2012).
It was assigned to Leptognathina by Spencer and Wright (1966), Hess (1972); to Spinulosida by Gale (2011); and to Valvatida by Perrier (1893), Gale (1987), Blake (1989), Mah and Blake (2012), Gale (2020).
It was assigned to Leptognathina by Spencer and Wright (1966), Hess (1972); to Spinulosida by Gale (2011); and to Valvatida by Perrier (1893), Gale (1987), Blake (1989), Mah and Blake (2012), Gale (2020).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1840 | Asterinidae Gray p. 228 |
| 1893 | Asterinidae Perrier p. 849 |
| 1966 | Asterinidae Spencer and Wright p. U68 |
| 1972 | Asterinidae Hess p. 22 |
| 1987 | Asterinidae Gale p. 125 |
| 1989 | Asterinidae Blake p. 213 |
| 2011 | Asterinidae Gale p. 62 |
| 2012 | Asterinidae Mah and Blake p. 3 |
| 2020 | Asterinidae 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
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Blake 1990, Aberhan 1992 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: Late/Upper Hauterivian or 132.60000 to 125.77000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 125.77 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 125.77 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Hauterivian | Switzerland (Neuchatel) | Chaetasterina gracilis (31986) |