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Palaeaster niagarensis

Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Palaeasteridae

Taxonomy
Palaeaster niagarensis was named by Hall (1852). It is the type species of Palaeaster.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Palaeaster niagarensis Hall p. 247 figs. pl. 51 figs 22-23
1858Palaeaster niagarensis Billings p. 78 figs. fig. 1
1868Palaeaster niagarensis Hall p. 282
1915Palaeaster niagarensis Schuchert pp. 69-72 figs. pl 7 fig. 1-4
2018Palaeaster niagarensis Blake p. 40

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
orderHadrosida
familyPalaeasteridae
genusPalaeaster
speciesniagarensis

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
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