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Michiganaster inexpectatus

Asteroidea - Euaxosida - Lepidasteridae

Taxonomy
Michiganaster inexpectatus was named by Kesling (1971). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Holotype UMMP 57916, paratypes UMMP 57917, 57918. It is the type species of Michiganaster.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Michiganaster inexpectatus Kesling p. 254 figs. figs. 1-5; pl. 1 fig. 1-3; pl. 2 figs. 1
2018Michiganaster inexpectatus Blake p. 34

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
orderEuaxosida
familyLepidasteridae
genusMichiganaster
speciesinexpectatus

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available