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Type: Article
Published: 2014-03-14
Page range: 177–194
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PDF downloaded: 1

Comments on "The phylogeny of post-Palaeozoic Asteroidea (Neoasteroidea, Echinodermata)" by A.S. Gale and perspectives on the systematics of the Asteroidea

Department of Geology, University of Illinois, Urbana 61801, USA
Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, MRC 163, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA
Neoasteroidea Echinodermata

Abstract

A new, morphologically based classification of extant asteroids with comments on select fossils was published by A.S. Gale. Research approaches used limited sampling, and much literature treatment is not accurate and therefore misleading. We review these concerns, seeking to clarify argumentation on differing interpretations.