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Lanthanaster cruciformis
Taxonomy
Lanthanaster cruciformis was named by Branstrator (1972). Its type specimen is Holotype UCPM 6433 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lanthanaster cruciformis type locality, Cincinnati, which is in an Ordovician marine horizon in Ohio.
It was synonymized subjectively with Lanthanaster intermedius by Blake (2018).
It was synonymized subjectively with Lanthanaster intermedius by Blake (2018).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1972 | Lanthanaster cruciformis Branstrator pp. 66-69 figs. pl. 1 fig. 1-2 |
| 2005 | Lanthanaster cruciformis Dean Shackleton p. 95 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Lanthanaster cruciformis Branstrator 1972
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Diagnosis
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| J. Dean Shackleton 2005 | As for genus, by monotypy |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Aberhan 1992, Blake 1994, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Ordovician or 458.20000 to 443.10000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Ordovician | USA (Ohio) | Lanthanaster cruciformis (type locality: 99341) |