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Delicaster enigmaticus
Taxonomy
Neopalaeaster enigmaticus was named by Kesling (1967). It is not extant. Its type specimen is University of Michigan, Museum of Paleontology, holotype UMMP 54262, paratype UM. It is the type species of Delicaster.
It was recombined as Delicaster enigmaticus by Blake and Elliott (2003) and Blake (2018).
It was recombined as Delicaster enigmaticus by Blake and Elliott (2003) and Blake (2018).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1967 | Neopalaeaster enigmaticus Kesling pp. 79-82 figs. figs. 1-3; pls. 1, 2 |
| 2003 | Delicaster enigmaticus Blake and Elliott p. 481 |
| 2018 | Delicaster enigmaticus Blake p. 47 |
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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.
†Delicaster enigmaticus Kesling 1967
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| D. B. Blake and D. R. Elliott 2003 | As for the genus by monotypy |