†Odontaster priscus Fell 1954 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Valvatida - Odontasteridae
Full reference: H. B. Fell. 1954. New Zealand fossil Asterozoa 3. Odontaster priscus sp. nov. from the Jurassic. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 82(3):817-819
Belongs to Odontaster according to H. B. Fell 1954
See also Gale 2011 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxon: Odontaster tabaensis
Type specimen: New Zealand Geological Survey, Holotype EC 184
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Moewaka Quarry, locality G.S. 5037 ( of New Zealand)
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