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Promopalaeaster speciosus

Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Promopalaeasteridae

Taxonomy
Palaeaster speciosus was named by Meek (1872). It is not extant. Its type specimen is MCZ 18059.

It was recombined as Promopalaeaster speciosus by Schuchert (1915).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. quadriserialis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Palaeaster speciosus Meek p. 277
1915Promopalaeaster speciosus Schuchert pp. 109-112 figs. pl. 14 figs. 3, 4, pl. 15 figs. 1-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
orderHadrosida
familyPromopalaeasteridae
genusPromopalaeaster
speciesspeciosus()

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
No diagnoses are available