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Staurasterias elegans
Taxonomy
Staurasterias elegans was named by Blake (2017). Its type specimen is NMNH 92676 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Staurasterias elegans type locality, which is in a Chadian/Arundian carbonate carbonate in the Keokuk Formation of Indiana. It is the type species of Staurasterias.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2017 | Staurasterias elegans Blake p. 71 figs. 2.1-2.9 |
| 2018 | Staurasterias elegans Blake p. 37 |
| 2020 | Staurasterias elegans Blake and Koniecki p. 20 fig. 9.1 |
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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.
†Staurasterias elegans Blake 2017
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Blake and Rozhnov 2007, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Chadian - Arundian | USA (Indiana) | Staurasterias elegans (type locality: 211922) |