Asteroidea - Euaxosida - Mesopalaeasteridae
Alternative combinations: Palaeaster finei, Promopalaeaster finei
Synonyms: Mesopalaeaster proavitus Schuchert 1915, Promopalaeaster proavitus Schuchert 1915
Full reference: E. O. Ulrich. 1879. Descriptions of new genera and species of fossils from the Lower Silurian about Cincinnati. Journal of Cincinnati Society of Natural History 2(1):8-30
Belongs to Mesopalaeaster according to C. Schuchert 1915
See also Branstrator 1979 and Ulrich 1879
Sister taxa: Mesopalaeaster (Hemipalaeaster), Mesopalaeaster antiquus, Mesopalaeaster bellulus, Mesopalaeaster cataractensis, Mesopalaeaster clarki, Mesopalaeaster complicatus, Mesopalaeaster dubius, Mesopalaeaster granti, Mesopalaeaster intermedius, Mesopalaeaster lanceolatus, Mesopalaeaster parviusculus, Mesopalaeaster primus, Mesopalaeaster shafferi, Mesopalaeaster wilberanus
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (4: Kentucky, Ohio collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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