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Taxonomy
Proetus (Clypoproetus) asteroideus was named by Begg (1939). Its type specimen is BG. 7713 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ladyburn River, Starfish Bed, Bed No. 2, which is in a Rawtheyan marine limestone in the South Threave Formation of the United Kingdom.
It was recombined as Astroproetus asteroideus by Whittington (1966).
It was recombined as Astroproetus asteroideus by Whittington (1966).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1939 | Proetus (Clypoproetus) asteroideus Begg pp. 374 figs. PL VI, fig. 1 |
| 1966 | Astroproetus asteroideus Whittington |
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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.
†Astroproetus asteroideus Begg 1939
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Hendy 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||