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Pegoasterella pompom

Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Urasterellidae

Taxonomy
Pegoasterella pompom was named by Blake and Koniecki (2020). It is not extant. Its type specimen is PRIP UI-X-4935. Its type locality is quarries east of Wagon Wheel Airport, which is in a Rocklandian sand shoal carbonate in the Guttenberg Formation of Illinois. It is the type species of Pegoasterella.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Palaeaster wilsoni Raymond p. 77 figs. pl. 5 figs. 1-4
1915Promopalaeaster wilsoni Schuchert pp. 106-107 figs. pl. 13 fig. 1, 2
2020Pegoasterella pompom Blake and Koniecki p. 19 fig. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
orderHadrosida
familyUrasterellidae
genusPegoasterella
speciespompom

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.

†Pegoasterella pompom Blake and Koniecki 2020
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Invalid names: Promopalaeaster wilsoni Raymond 1912 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available