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Mecaster fourneli
Taxonomy
Hemiaster fourneli was named by Agassiz and Dessor (1847). It is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Mecaster fourneli by Pomel (1883), Smith (1991), Néraudeau and Courville (1997) and Manso and Andrade (2008).
It was recombined as Mecaster fourneli by Pomel (1883), Smith (1991), Néraudeau and Courville (1997) and Manso and Andrade (2008).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1847 | Hemiaster fourneli Agassiz and Dessor p. 16 |
| 1883 | Mecaster fourneli Pomel |
| 1933 | Hemiaster fourneli Riedel p. 25 figs. Pl 1, figs 9,9a,9b, 10,10a,10b; pl 32, fig 1 |
| 1991 | Mecaster fourneli Smith p. 61 figs. Pl 14A-M; pl 15A-L; pl 16E,F; text-figs 45K,L, 47, 48B, 50 |
| 1997 | Mecaster fourneli Néraudeau and Courville p. 842 fig. 6.12 |
| 2008 | Mecaster fourneli Manso and Andrade p. 324 |
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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.
†Mecaster fourneli Agassiz and Dessor 1847
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available