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Ambigaster carnarvonensis

Asteroidea - Kermasida - Permasteridae

Taxonomy
Monaster carnarvonensis was named by Kesling (1969). It is not extant. Its type specimen is University of Western Australia, Holotype UWA 26992d. Its type locality is Wandagee stage, Minilya river, Carnavon basin, which is in a Kungurian marine siltstone in the Wandagee Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Ambigaster carnarvonensis by Blake and Elliott (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Monaster carnarvonensis Kesling pp. 370-372 figs. figs. 3, 4; pl. 1 figs. 7, 8; pl. 3 figs
2003Ambigaster carnarvonensis Blake and Elliott p. 483

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
orderKermasida
familyPermasteridaeBlake 2018
genusAmbigaster
speciescarnarvonensis()

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.

†Ambigaster carnarvonensis Kesling 1969
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available