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Cardiaster deciper

Echinoidea - Holasteroida - Holasteridae

Taxonomy
Cardiaster deciper was named by Cooke (1953). Its type specimen is USNM 108389 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 13539, Big Deciper Creek, which is in a Campanian carbonate chalk in the Saratoga Chalk Formation of Arkansas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Cardiaster deciper Cooke p. 27 figs. Pl 10, figs 3-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Atelostomata
orderHolasteroida
suborderMeridosternata
familyHolasteridae
genusCardiasterForbes 1850
speciesdeciper

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.

Cardiaster deciper Cooke 1953
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Diagnosis
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