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Holaster feralis

Echinoidea - Holasteroida - Holasteridae

Taxonomy
Holaster feralis was named by Cooke (1953). Its type specimen is USNM 108385 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wild Horse Park, Pueblo, which is in a Turonian carbonate limestone in the Greenhorn Limestone Formation of Colorado.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. bischoffi, H. subglobosus, H. suborbicularis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Holaster feralis Cooke p. 26 figs. Pl 9, figs 1-5; pl 10, fig 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Atelostomata
orderHolasteroida
suborderMeridosternata
familyHolasteridae
genusHolasterAgassiz 1836
speciesferalis

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.

†Holaster feralis Cooke 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available