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Compsaster formosus
Taxonomy
Compsaster formosus was named by Worthen and Miller (1883). Its type specimen is Holotype IGS2476, Illinois State Geological Survey and is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Compsaster.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1883 | Compsaster formosus Worthen and Miller p. 327 figs. pl. 31 fig. 2 |
1915 | Compsaster formosus Schuchert p. 192 figs. pl. 31 figs. 1, 2 |
2002 | Compsaster formosus Blake pp. 364-366 figs. fig. 1B, B, D, F, 2A-E |
2018 | Compsaster formosus Blake p. 50 |
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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.
†Compsaster formosus Worthen and Miller 1883
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available