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Indiaster krishna

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Radiasteridae

Taxonomy
Indiaster krishna was named by Rao (1957). Its type specimen is Geological Survey of India, Calcutta, holotype GSI 17536 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Asteroidea, Andhou, Pacham Island, which is in a Bathonian marine limestone in the Upper fossiliferous limestone Formation of India. It is the type species of Indiaster.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Indiaster krishna Rao p. 214 figs. fig. 1, pl. 27 fig. 1-3
2011Indiaster krishna Blake and Reboul p. 1029

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderValvatida
suborderGranulosina()
familyRadiasteridae
genusIndiaster
specieskrishna

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.

†Indiaster krishna Rao 1957
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
V.R. Rao 1957As for the genus by monotypy