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Mesopalaeaster clarki
Taxonomy
Palaeaster clarki was named by Clarke and Swartz (1913). Its type specimen is at the Maryland Geological Survey and is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Clarkeaster.
It was recombined as Mesopalaeaster clarki by Schuchert (1915); it was recombined as Clarkeaster clarki by Blake (2018).
It was recombined as Mesopalaeaster clarki by Schuchert (1915); it was recombined as Clarkeaster clarki by Blake (2018).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1913 | Palaeaster clarki Clarke and Swartz p. 543 figs. pl. 46, figs. 3,4 |
| 1915 | Mesopalaeaster clarki Schuchert pp. 94-95 figs. pl. 10 fig. 1, 2 |
| 2018 | Clarkeaster clarki Blake p. 48 |
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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.
†Mesopalaeaster clarki Clarke and Swartz 1913
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available