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The data is in the strata

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• Asteroidea

Promopalaeaster

Promopalaeaster speciosus
photo from Branstrator, 1979
Scale bar is 1 cm

Promopalaeaster sp.

Promopalaeaster finei
CMNH 25000
Scale bar is 1 cm

Promopalaeaster finei
CMNH 25000
Scale bar is 5 mm

Promopalaeaster magnificus
CMNH Collection
Scale bar is 1 cm

Promopalaeaster magnificus
CMNH Collection
Scale bar is 1 cm

Promopalaeaster magnificus
CMNH Collection
Scale bar is 1 cm

Promopalaeaster magnificus
CMNH Collection
Scale bar is 1 cm

Species

Promopalaeaster bellulus Schuchert
Occurrence: Waynesville
Reference: Dalvé, 1948

Promopalaeaster dyeri (Meek, 1872)
Occurrence: Fairmount, Waynesville
Reference: James, 1896; Branstrator, 1975 (mention); Blake and Guensburg, 1994
Formerly Palaeaster dyeri

Promopalaeaster finei (Ulrich, 1879)
Occurrence: Fulton, Economy, Clays Ferry
Reference: James, 1896; Branstrator, 1979
Formerly Palaeaster finei, Mesopalaeaster finei, Mesopalaeaster proavitus

Promopalaeaster exsculptus (Miller, 1881)
Occurrence: Waynesville, Liberty
Reference: James, 1896; Dalvé, 1948
Formerly Palaeaster exsculptus

Promopalaeaster granulosus (Meek, 1872, not Hall, 1868)
Occurrence: Arnheim, Waynesville, Liberty, Whitewater, Elkhorn
Reference: James, 1896; Dalvé, 1948; Spencer and Wright, 1966
Formerly Palaeaster granulosus

Promopalaeaster magnificus (Miller, 1884)
Occurrence: Waynesville, Liberty
Reference: James, 1896; Spencer and Wright, 1966; Branstrator, 1975 (mention)
Formerly Palaeaster magnificus

Promopalaeaster speciosus (Meek, 1872)
Occurrence: Mount Hope, Fairmount, Bellevue, Corryville, Mount Auburn
Reference: James, 1896 (who lists the author as Miller and Dyer, 1878); Branstrator, 1979
Formerly Palaeaster speciosa, Palaeaster granulosus?;
Includes Promopalaeaster prenuntius

Promopalaeaster spinulosus (Miller & Dyer, 1878)
Occurrence: Waynesville
Reference: James, 1896; Dalvé, 1948
Formerly Palaeaster spinulosus

Promopalaeaster wykoffi (Miller & Gurley)
Occurrence: Arnheim, Waynesville, Liberty, Whitewater, Elkhorn
Reference: Dalvé, 1948

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