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Astrophyton
Taxonomy
Astrophyton was named by Fleming (1828). It is extant.
It was assigned to Gorgonocephalinae by Matsumoto (1915); and to Gorgonocephalidae by Spencer and Wright (1966) and O'Hara et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Gorgonocephalinae by Matsumoto (1915); and to Gorgonocephalidae by Spencer and Wright (1966) and O'Hara et al. (2018).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1828 | Astrophyton Fleming |
| 1915 | Astrophytum Matsumoto p. 56 |
| 1966 | Astrophyton Spencer and Wright p. 91 |
| 2018 | Astrophyton O'Hara et al. p. 7 |
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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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| Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Spencer and Wright 1966, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available