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Hemiaster (Mecaster) syriacus
Taxonomy
Holaster syriacus was named by Conrad in Lynch (1852). It is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Hemiaster (Mecaster) syriacus by Berndt (2003).
It was recombined as Hemiaster (Mecaster) syriacus by Berndt (2003).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. aquisgranensis, H. arnaudi, H. blanckenhorni, H. branderi, H. breviusculus, H. calvani, H. canaliferus, H. cenomanensis, H. chargensis, H. cubicus, H. desmoulinsi, H. elongatus, H. faurai, H. frontacutus, H. gabrielis, H. grossouvrei, H. heberti, H. konickanus, H. koninckanus, H. kummeli, H. ligerensis, H. longuiformis, H. lovisatoi, H. maestrichtensis, H. medjesensis, H. minimus, H. moulinsanus, H. nasutulus, H. newtoni, H. nucleus, H. phrynus, H. ricordeaui, H. similis, H. solignaci, H. steinmanni, H. ungulata, H. uwajimensis, H. vomer, H. weatherbyi, H. whitei, H. cubicus, H. gabrielis, H. heberti, H. heberti, H. newtoni, Mecaster cenomanensis, Mecaster grossouvrei, Mecaster scutiger, Mecaster texanum
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1852 | Holaster syriacus Conrad in Lynch p. 212 figs. pl. 1, fig. 2 |
| 2003 | Hemiaster (Mecaster) syriacus Berndt p. 84 |
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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.
†Hemiaster (Mecaster) syriacus Conrad in Lynch 1852
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 106.30000 to 93.90000 Ma
Collections (12 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Albian | Egypt | Hemiaster syriacus (140642) | |
| Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian | Egypt | Hemiaster syriacus (150677 150737 150874) | |
| Cenomanian | Jordan | Hemiaster syriacus (96247) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Egypt | Hemiaster syriacus (140612 140613) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian | Egypt | Hemiaster syriacus (150787) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Egypt | Hemiaster syriacus (114794 114809 140240 140578) |