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Mesopalaeaster granti

Asteroidea - Euaxosida - Mesopalaeasteridae

Taxonomy
Palaeaster granti was named by Spencer (1884). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Mesopalaeaster granti by Schuchert (1915).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. lancolatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Palaeaster granti Spencer p. 53 figs. pl. 7 fig. 1
1915Mesopalaeaster granti Schuchert pp. 89-90 figs. pl. 9 fig. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
orderEuaxosida
familyMesopalaeasteridae
genusMesopalaeaster
speciesgranti()

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.

†Mesopalaeaster granti Spencer 1884
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available