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Schizaster (Paraster) exoletus

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae

Taxonomy
Schizaster exoletus was named by Hutton (1873). Its type specimen is EC.689, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Schizaster (Paraster) exoletus by Henderson (1975).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. ameghinoi, S. batheri, S. gaudryi, S. major, S. symmetricus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Schizaster exoletus Hutton p. 43
1975Schizaster (Paraster) exoletus Henderson p. 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderPaleopneustina
familySchizasteridae()
genusSchizasterAgassiz 1835
subgenusParaster()
speciesexoletus(Hutton 1873)

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