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Hemiaster sabinal

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae

Taxonomy
Hemiaster sabinal was named by Cooke (1953). Its type specimen is USNM 108400 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 1873, Sabinal River, which is in a Coniacian/Santonian marine chalk in the Austin Chalk Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Hemiaster sabinal Cooke p. 34 figs. Pl 13, figs 7-10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
familyHemiasteridae
genusHemiaster
speciessabinal

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Hemiaster sabinal Cooke 1953
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Diagnosis
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