The World Asteroidea Database - Paleobenthopectinidae Blake, 1984 †

Asteroidea taxon details

Paleobenthopectinidae Blake, 1984 †

AphiaID

1316612 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1316612)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Paxillosida

Synonymised names

Paleobenthopectininae Blake, 1984 † · unaccepted

Direct children (2)

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Genus Alkaidia Blake & Reid, 1998 †
Genus Xandarosaster Blake, 1984 †

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Blake, D.B. (1984). The Benthopectinidae (Asteroidea: Echinodermata) of the Jurassic of Switzerland. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 77(3): 631-647 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Paleobenthopectinidae Blake, 1984 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1316612 on 2024-04-24

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2018-12-21 02:41:24Z

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original description Blake, D.B. (1984). The Benthopectinidae (Asteroidea: Echinodermata) of the Jurassic of Switzerland. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 77(3): 631-647 [details]

original description (of Paleobenthopectininae Blake, 1984 †) Blake, D.B. (1984). The Benthopectinidae (Asteroidea: Echinodermata) of the Jurassic of Switzerland. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 77(3): 631-647
page(s): 633 [details]

From editor or global species database

Type designation Blake 1984, did not stipulate which genus (there were two) was the type genus for the group, Plesiastropecten and Xandarosaster. and there is now one more. Based on Blake's usage, it implied that Plesiastropecten would be the type genus but that was not explicitly stated. He may have amended this somewhere. In fact, there are some workers who doubt that members of the Paleobenthopectininae are benthopectinids... [details]