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Promopalaeaster
Taxonomy
Promopalaeaster was named by Schuchert (1914) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara-l O Ashg-m]. It is not extant. Its type is Palaeaster granulosa. It is the type genus of Promopalaeasteridae, Promopalaeasterinae.
It was assigned to Promopalaeasterinae by Schuchert (1915), Spencer (1916), Owen (1965); to Uractinida by Sepkoski (2002); to Asteroidea by Dean Shackleton (2005); and to Promopalaeasteridae by Schuchert (1914), Spencer and Wright (1966), Blake (2018).
It was assigned to Promopalaeasterinae by Schuchert (1915), Spencer (1916), Owen (1965); to Uractinida by Sepkoski (2002); to Asteroidea by Dean Shackleton (2005); and to Promopalaeasteridae by Schuchert (1914), Spencer and Wright (1966), Blake (2018).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1914 | Promopalaeaster Schuchert |
| 1915 | Promopalaeaster Schuchert pp. 102-106 figs. pl. 13, 23, 25 |
| 1915 | Anorthaster Schuchert pp. 125-126 figs. Pl. 13 fig. 4, pl. 20 fig. 1 |
| 1916 | Promopalaeaster Spencer pp. 91-92 |
| 1965 | Promopalaeaster Owen p. 569 |
| 1966 | Anorthaster Spencer and Wright p. U53 |
| 1966 | Promopalaeaster Spencer and Wright p. U53 |
| 2002 | Anorthaster Sepkoski |
| 2002 | Promopalaeaster Sepkoski |
| 2005 | Promopalaeaster Dean Shackleton p. 93 |
| 2018 | Promopalaeaster Blake p. 37 |
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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.
G. †Promopalaeaster Schuchert 1914
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†Promopalaeaster bellulus Schuchert 1915
†Promopalaeaster dyeri Meek 1872
†Promopalaeaster elizae Spencer 1914
†Promopalaeaster granulosus Hall 1868
†Promopalaeaster magnificus Miller 1884
†Promopalaeaster meridionalis Etheridge 1891
†Promopalaeaster prenuntius Schuchert 1915
†Promopalaeaster speciosus Meek 1872
†Promopalaeaster spinulosus Miller and Dyer 1878
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Invalid names: Palaeaster longibrachiatus Miller 1878 [synonym]
†Promopalaeaster wykoffi Miller and Gurley 1897
Invalid names: Anorthaster Schuchert 1915 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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| J. Dean Shackleton 2005 | Ambulacrals cross-section rectangular (flat aboral ambulacral profile); quadriserial podial basin arrangement. |
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Blake 1990 | |||||
Age range: base of the Turinian to the top of the Early/Lower Devonian or 457.30000 to 393.47000 Ma
Collections (21 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Turinian | Canada (Quebec) | P. sp. (195625) | |
| Blackriveran | USA (Oklahoma) | P. sp. (24102) | |
| Shermanian | USA (Minnesota) | P. sp. (23404) | |
| Shermanian | USA (Illinois, Iowa) | P. sp. (23481 23486) | |
| Edenian | USA (Pennsylvania) | P. pricei, P. bellulus (34895) | |
| Edenian | USA (Minnesota) | P. sp. (23405) | |
| Maysvillian | USA (Ohio) | P. sp. (387 388 391) | |
| Maysvillian - Ashgill | USA (Ohio) | P. sp. (389 390) | |
| Richmondian | USA (Ohio) | P. granulosus, P. wykoffi (5326) P. sp. (395) | |
| Richmondian - Ashgill | USA (Ohio) | Anorthaster sp., P. sp. (392 393) P. sp. (394) | |
| Rhuddanian | Canada (Ontario) | P. granti (26686) | |
| Llandovery | Canada (Ontario) | P. granti (3488 3492) | |
| Early/Lower Devonian | Argentina (Jachal) | P. quadriserialis (39230) |