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Austinaster mccarteri

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy
Austinaster mccarteri was named by Adkins (1928). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Not formally designated, Bureau of Economic Geology, Austin. It is the type species of Austinaster.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Austinaster mccarteri Adkins p. 267 figs. pl. 33 fig. 1
1948Austinaster mccarteri Durham and Roberts p. 432

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderValvatida
familyGoniasteridae
genusAustinaster
speciesmccarteri

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.

Austinaster mccarteri Adkins 1928
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. S. Adkins 1928As for the genus, by monotypy