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Siluraster ketleyi
Taxonomy
Mesopalaeaster ketleyi was named by Spencer (1916). Its type specimen is Holotype BU 674 and is not a trace fossil.
It was recombined as Siluraster ketleyi by Herringshaw et al. (2007).
It was recombined as Siluraster ketleyi by Herringshaw et al. (2007).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1916 | Mesopalaeaster ketleyi Spencer pp. 101-104 figs. fig. 59 |
| 1918 | Mesopalaeaster ketleyi Spencer p. 122 |
| 1947 | Mesopalaeaster ketleyi Lamont p. 203 |
| 1965 | Mesopalaeaster ketleyi Owen p. 569 |
| 2007 | Siluraster ketleyi Herringshaw et al. pp. 1217-1218 figs. figs. 2D–E, G, 3C |
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†Siluraster ketleyi Spencer 1916
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| L. G. Herringshaw et al. 2007 | Hudsonasterid with primary circlet of large, somewhat irregular primary radials and interradials abutting directly against proximal superomarginals and carinals. Superomarginals and inferomarginals round in shape, primary carinals more angular and slightly smaller in size; separated by numerous minor carinals. Small, circular, radially grooved madreporite present in aboral interradius. |