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Nymphaster miocenicus

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy
Nymphaster miocenicus was named by Valette (1926). It is not extant. Its type locality is Canteras del Tejar "Consuelo", which is in a Miocene marine horizon in Cuba.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. coombi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Nymphaster miocenicus Sanchez Roig p. 24
1926Nymphaster miocenicus Valette pp. 25-26
1949Nymphaster miocenicus Sánchez Roig pp. 294-295
2001Nymphaster miocenicus Donovan p. 187

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderValvatida
familyGoniasteridae
genusNymphaster
speciesmiocenicus

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.

†Nymphaster miocenicus Valette 1926
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available