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Arisaigaster leintwardensis

Asteroidea - Euaxosida - Mesopalaeasteridae

Taxonomy
Mesopalaeaster leintwardensis was named by Spencer (1916). Its type specimen is Holotype BMNH E13153 and is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Arisaigaster.

It was recombined as Yarravaster leintwardensis by Owen (1965); it was recombined as Arisaigaster leintwardensis by Spencer and Wright (1966).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Mesopalaeaster leintwardensis Spencer pp. 89-90 figs. text-figs. 49, pl. 2 fig. 5
1965Yarravaster leintwardensis Owen p. 569
1966Arisaigaster leintwardensis Spencer and Wright p. U51

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
orderEuaxosida
familyMesopalaeasteridae
subfamilyMesopalaeasterinae
genusArisaigaster
speciesleintwardensis()

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
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