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Hemiaster amelianus

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae

Taxonomy
Hemiaster amelianus was named by Cooke (1953). Its type specimen is USNM 108408 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Santa Amelia, which is in a Campanian marine horizon in Guatemala.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Hemiaster amelianus Cooke p. 35 figs. Pl 16, fig 1

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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
speciesamelianus

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.

†Hemiaster amelianus Cooke 1953
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Diagnosis
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