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Promopalaeasteridae
Taxonomy
Promopalaeasteridae was named by Schuchert (1915). Its type is Promopalaeaster.
It was assigned to Promopalaeasteracea by Schuchert (1915); to Asteroidea by Spencer (1916); to Phanerozonia by Withers and Keble (1934); to Pustulosa by Owen (1965); to Promopalaeasteraceae by Spencer and Wright (1966); to Uractinida by Blake (1989); to Asteroidea by Jell and Theron (1999); and to Hadrosida by Blake (2018).
It was assigned to Promopalaeasteracea by Schuchert (1915); to Asteroidea by Spencer (1916); to Phanerozonia by Withers and Keble (1934); to Pustulosa by Owen (1965); to Promopalaeasteraceae by Spencer and Wright (1966); to Uractinida by Blake (1989); to Asteroidea by Jell and Theron (1999); and to Hadrosida by Blake (2018).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1915 | Promopalaeasteridae Schuchert pp. 53, 73 |
| 1916 | Promopalaeasteridae Spencer pp. 78-79 |
| 1934 | Promopalaeasteridae Withers and Keble p. 223 |
| 1965 | Promopalaeasteridae Owen p. 568 |
| 1966 | Promopalaeasteridae Spencer and Wright p. U53 |
| 1989 | Promopalaeasteridae Blake p. 213 |
| 1999 | Promopalaeasteridae Jell and Theron p. 151 |
| 2018 | Promopalaeasteridae Blake p. 37 |
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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.
Fm. †Promopalaeasteridae Schuchert 1915
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G. †Promopalaeaster Schuchert 1914
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†Promopalaeaster bellulus Schuchert 1915
†Promopalaeaster dyeri Meek 1872
†Promopalaeaster elizae Spencer 1914
†Promopalaeaster granulosus Hall 1868
†Promopalaeaster magnificus Miller 1884
†Promopalaeaster meridionalis Etheridge 1891
†Promopalaeaster prenuntius Schuchert 1915
†Promopalaeaster speciosus Meek 1872
†Promopalaeaster spinulosus Miller and Dyer 1878
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Invalid names: Palaeaster longibrachiatus Miller 1878 [synonym]
†Promopalaeaster wykoffi Miller and Gurley 1897
Invalid names: Anorthaster Schuchert 1915 [synonym]
Invalid names: Anorthasterinae Schuchert 1915 [empty], Promopalaeasterinae Schuchert 1915 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available