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Schizaster costaricensis
Taxonomy
Schizaster costaricensis was named by Durham (1961). Its type specimen is USNM 563459, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 20001 - ridge between Candelaria and Río Ciruelas, which is in a Miocene/Miocene offshore siliciclastic in Costa Rica.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. alevolatus, S. alveolatus, S. ameghinoi, S. baluchistanensis, S. batheri, S. branderianus, S. clevei, S. deserti, S. durbani, S. eurynotus, S. excavatus, S. fourtaui, S. foveatus, S. gaudryi, S. granti, S. humei, S. kinasaensis, S. libycus, S. lovistoi, S. major, S. meslei, S. miyazakiensis, S. mokattamensis, S. patagonensis, S. progoensis, S. scillae, S. subrhomboidalis, S. sufflatus, S. symmetricus, S. howa, S. legraini
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1961 | Schizaster costaricensis Durham p. 483 figs. pl. 68, figs. 8, 10, 11, 13 |
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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.
†Schizaster costaricensis Durham 1961
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 23.04000 to 5.33300 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Costa Rica | Schizaster costaricensis (type locality: 92098) |