Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Aganasteridae
Alternative combinations: Alepidaster gregarius, Protaster gregarius
Full reference: F. B. Meek and A. H. Worthen. 1869. Descriptions of New Carboniferous Fossils from the Western States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 21:137-172
Belongs to Aganaster according to P. Jell 1997
See also Meek 1872, Meek and Worthen 1869, Meek and Worthen 1873, Miller 1892, Miller and Gurley 1891, Owen 1965, Schuchert 1914, Schuchert 1915 and Spencer 1925
Sister taxa: Aganaster fujianensis, Aganaster huaanensis
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (5: Indiana collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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