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Caractacaster caractaci
Taxonomy
Palaeaster caractaci was named by Gregory (1899). Its type specimen is Holotype 48206, Natural History Museum, London and is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Caractacaster.
It was recombined as Protopalaeaster caractaci by Spencer (1914); it was recombined as Mesopalaeaster caractaci by Schuchert (1915); it was recombined as Caractacaster caractaci by Spencer (1916); it was recombined as Siluraster caractaci by Owen (1965).
It was recombined as Protopalaeaster caractaci by Spencer (1914); it was recombined as Mesopalaeaster caractaci by Schuchert (1915); it was recombined as Caractacaster caractaci by Spencer (1916); it was recombined as Siluraster caractaci by Owen (1965).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1899 | Palaeaster caractaci Gregory p. 344 |
| 1910 | Palaeaster caractaci Schöndorf p. 227 |
| 1914 | Protopalaeaster caractaci Spencer pp. 21, 30 figs. pl. 1 fig. 5 |
| 1915 | Mesopalaeaster caractaci Schuchert pp. 92-93 figs. pl. 9 fig. 6, pl. 11 fig. 1 |
| 1916 | Caractacaster caractaci Spencer pp. 80-84 figs. text-figs. 40, 41, 42, 43, pl. 2 fig. 4, pl. 3 fig. 1 |
| 1965 | Siluraster caractaci Owen p. 568 |
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†Caractacaster caractaci Gregory 1899
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available