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Sclerasterias zinsmeisteri

Asteroidea - Asteriidae

Taxonomy
Sclerasterias zinsmeisteri was named by Blake and Aronson (1998). Its type specimen is USNM 406174 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CV 86-05, Cross Valley, which is in a Ypresian prodelta siltstone in the La Meseta Formation of Antarctica.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Sclerasterias zinsmeisteri Blake and Aronson p. 347 figs. 4.6-4.13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderSurculifera
—Tripedicellaria
—Forcipulatida()
familyAsteriidae
genusSclerasterias
specieszinsmeisteri

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.

†Sclerasterias zinsmeisteri Blake and Aronson 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available