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Furcaster palaeozoicus
Taxonomy
Furcaster palaeozoicus was named by Stürtz (1886). It is the type species of Furcaster.
It was synonymized subjectively with Protaster leptosoma by Spencer (1925).
It was synonymized subjectively with Protaster leptosoma by Spencer (1925).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1886 | Furcaster palaeozoicus Stürtz p. 79 figs. pl. 8 figs. 4, 5 |
| 1890 | Furcaster palaeozoicus Stürtz p. 214 |
| 1897 | Furcaster palaeozoicus Gregory p. 1038 |
| 1915 | Furcaster palaeozoicus Schuchert p. 261 |
| 1933 | Furcaster palaeozoicus Klinghardt p. 954 figs. pl. 50 fig. 1; pl. 53 fig. 2 |
| 1957 | Furcaster palaeozoicus Lehmann pp. 65-69 figs. text-figs. 17, 20a, pl. 18 figs. 1-6 |
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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.
†Furcaster palaeozoicus Stürtz 1886
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available