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Sclerasterias zinsmeisteri
Taxonomy
Sclerasterias zinsmeisteri was named by Blake and Aronson (1998). Its type specimen is USNM 406174 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CV 86-05, Cross Valley, which is in a Ypresian prodelta siltstone in the La Meseta Formation of Antarctica.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1998 | Sclerasterias zinsmeisteri Blake and Aronson p. 347 figs. 4.6-4.13 |
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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.
†Sclerasterias zinsmeisteri Blake and Aronson 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992 | |||||
Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Priabonian or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ypresian | Antarctica | Sclerasterias zinsmeisteri (7296 type locality: 81846) | |
| Lutetian - Priabonian | Antarctica | Sclerasterias zinsmeisteri (203488) |