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Alepidaster granuliferus
Taxonomy
Protaster granuliferus was named by Meek (1872). Its type specimen is MCZ 108074 and is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Alepidaster.
It was recombined as Alepidaster granuliferus by Schuchert (1915); it was recombined as Taeniaster granuliferus by Spencer (1934).
It was recombined as Alepidaster granuliferus by Schuchert (1915); it was recombined as Taeniaster granuliferus by Spencer (1934).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1872 | Protaster granuliferus Meek p. 274 |
1873 | Protaster granuliferus Meek p. 68 figs. pl. 3bis fig. 8 |
1896 | Protaster granuliferus James p. 138 |
1908 | Protaster granuliferus Parks p. 368 |
1915 | Alepidaster granuliferus Schuchert pp. 230-231 figs. text-fig. 26 |
1934 | Taeniaster granuliferus Spencer p. 492 |
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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.
†Alepidaster granuliferus Meek 1872
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available