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Australaster giganteus

Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Palaeasteridae

Taxonomy
Palaeaster (Monaster) giganteus was named by Etheridge (1892). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Ravensfield Quarry, near Farley (MM collection), which is in an Artinskian marine sandstone in the Farley Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Australaster.

It was recombined as Australaster giganteus by Schuchert (1915).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Palaeaster (Monaster) giganteus Etheridge Jr.
1915Australaster giganteus Schuchert p. 73

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

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.

†Australaster giganteus Etheridge Jr. 1892
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available