Odontaster priscus Fell 1954 (sea star)

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 (Jurassic of New Zealand)

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