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Astrocystites distans
Taxonomy
Astrocystites distans was named by Webby (1968). Its type specimen is USGD 2302 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Boonderoo, near Cliefden Caves, which is in an Eastonian shallow subtidal limestone in the Belubula Limestone Formation of Australia.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1968 | Astrocystites distans Webby pp. 515 - 522 figs. Plate 99, figs. I 10; Plntc 100, figs. 1- 8: text-figs. 1-4 |
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†Astrocystites distans Webby 1968
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| B. D. Webby 1968 | A species of Astrocystires with slit-like ambulacral pores, averaging 25- 30 per cm., and small, circular hydropore. |