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Mimetaster

Marrellomorpha - Marrellida - Mimetasteridae

Taxonomy
Mimetaster is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Mimetasteridae.

It was assigned to Mimetasterida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Mimetasteridae by Birenheide (1971) and Legg (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Mimetaster Birenheide
2002Mimetaster Sepkoski
2015Mimetaster Legg p. 516

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RankNameAuthor
classMarrellomorpha(Beurlen 1930)
orderMarrellidaRaymond 1920
RankNameAuthor
familyMimetasteridaeBirenheide 1971
genusMimetaster

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available