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Aulacolatiaster breviramus

Asteroidea - Hadrosida

Taxonomy
Aulacolatiaster breviramus was named by Jell and Theron (1999). Its type specimen is Holotype SAMK1018 and is a mold. Its type locality is Gydo Formation (1st Shale), Ceres Area, which is in an Emsian marine mudstone/siltstone in the Gydo Formation of South Africa. It is the type species of Aulacolatiaster.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Aulacolatiaster breviramus Jell and Theron p. 155 figs. fig. 32

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
orderHadrosida
genusAulacolatiaster
speciesbreviramus

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Aulacolatiaster breviramus Jell and Theron 1999
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. A. Jell and J. N. Theron 1999As for genus