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WoRMS taxon detailsPaleobenthopectinidae Blake, 1984 †
Paleobenthopectininae Blake, 1984 † · unaccepted
marine,
fossil only
Blake, D.B. (1984). The Benthopectinidae (Asteroidea: Echinodermata) of the Jurassic of Switzerland. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 77(3): 631-647 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Paleobenthopectinidae Blake, 1984 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1316612 on 2024-05-03
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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]
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