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Eokainaster pewei
Taxonomy
Astropecten pewei was named by Miller and Unklesbay (1943). It is not extant. Its type specimen is State University of Iowa, Holotype SUI 2149. It is the type species of Eokainaster.
It was recombined as Archastropecten pewei by Hess (1955); it was recombined as Eokainaster pewei by Blake (1981).
It was recombined as Archastropecten pewei by Hess (1955); it was recombined as Eokainaster pewei by Blake (1981).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1943 | Astropecten pewei Miller and Unklesbay p. 179 figs. pl. 30 fig. 5 |
| 1948 | Astropecten pewei Durham and Roberts pp. 432, 437 |
| 1955 | Archastropecten pewei Hess pp. 44-45 |
| 1981 | Eokainaster pewei Blake pp. 42-45 figs. pl. 1, fig. 1-3 |
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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.
†Eokainaster pewei Miller and Unklesbay 1943
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| D. B. Blake 1981 | As for the genus, by monotypy |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Blake 1990 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Callovian to the top of the Early/Lower Oxfordian or 164.70000 to 155.70000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Callovian - Early/Lower Oxfordian | USA (Wyoming) | Eokainaster pewei (59841) |