Alkaidia Blake & Reid, 1998
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https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2021.755.1405 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F9105E33-3E8B-4B3C-88B3-0316207B70F6 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5033008 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F160A367-7154-FF90-FD9A-7508FABD244E |
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Felipe |
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Alkaidia Blake & Reid, 1998 |
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Alkaidia Blake & Reid, 1998: 529 , fig. 8.
Type species
Alkaidia sumralli Blake & Reid, 1998 , by original designation.
Diagnosis
Terminasteridae with elongated rhombic superomarginals directed obliquely towards radials; inferomarginals with tall, distally swollen central spine bases and prominent groove for spine attachment; radials (except primary radial) rhombic in outline.
Assigned species
In addition to the type species, A. megaungula Ewin & Gale, 2020 .
Remarks
Alkaidia ranges from the Barremian to Cenomanian and appears to be restricted to the western Tethys.
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Alkaidia Blake & Reid, 1998
| Gale, Andy S. & Jagt, John W. M. 2021 |
Alkaidia
| Blake D. B. & Reid R. III. 1998: 529 |