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Promopalaeaster elizae

Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Promopalaeasteridae

Taxonomy
Uranaster elizae was named by Spencer (1914). Its type specimen is Holotype BMNH E52588a,b and is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Promopalaeaster elizae by Spencer (1916), Owen (1965), Spencer and Wright (1966) and Dean Shackleton (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. quadriserialis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Uranaster elizae Spencer pp. 20-24 figs. fig. 20
1915Uranaster elizae Schuchert p. 155
1916Promopalaeaster elizae Spencer pp. 92-97 figs. figs. 51-58; pl. 4 figs. 1-5
1965Promopalaeaster elizae Owen p. 569
1966Promopalaeaster elizae Spencer and Wright p. U53 figs. fig. 50.2c-d
2005Promopalaeaster elizae Dean Shackleton pp. 93-94 figs. pl. 6 fig. 1, 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
orderHadrosida
familyPromopalaeasteridae
genusPromopalaeaster
specieselizae()

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.

†Promopalaeaster elizae Spencer 1914
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Diagnosis
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