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Urasterella constellata

Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Urasterellidae

Taxonomy
Asterias constellata was named by Thorent (1839). Its type specimen is unknown and is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Urasterella constellata by Schuchert (1915) and Blake and Koniecki (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Asterias constellata Thorent p. 259 figs. pl. 2 fig. 7
1915Urasterella constellata Schuchert p. 187
2020Urasterella constellata Blake and Koniecki p. 12

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

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.

†Urasterella constellata Thorent 1839
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available