Alkaidia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Forcipulatida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Asterozoa Classis: Asteroidea Ordo: Forcipulatida

Familia: †Terminasteridae
Genus: † Alkaidia
Species: †A. megaungula –† A. sumralli

Name

Alkaidia Blake and Reid, 1998

Type species: Alkaidia sumralli Blake and Reid, 1998

References

Primary references

• Blake and Reid 1998. "Some Albian (Cretaceous) asteroids (Echinodermata) from Texas and their paleobiological implications". Journal of Paleontology 72(3): 512–532. DOI: 10.1017/S002233600002429X [original description]
• Gale and Jagt 2021. "The fossil record of the family Benthopectinidae (Echinodermata, Asteroidea), a reappraisal""l. European Journal of Taxonomy 755:149–190. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.755.1405