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Compsaster spiniger
Taxonomy
Uraster spiniger was named by Wright (1880). Its type specimen is Holotype BNHM E 1642 and is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Compsaster spiniger by Spencer and Wright (1966) and Lewis (1993).
It was recombined as Compsaster spiniger by Spencer and Wright (1966) and Lewis (1993).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1880 | Uraster spiniger Wright pp. 166-168 figs. text- fig. 41; pl. 21, fig. 1 |
| 1966 | Compsaster spiniger Spencer and Wright p. U74 figs. fig. 65.1c |
| 1993 | Compsaster spiniger Lewis p. 52 |
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†Compsaster spiniger Wright 1880
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available