†Pseudarchaster motutaraensis Eagle 1999 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Pseudarchasteridae
Full reference: M.K. Eagle. 1999. A new early Miocene Pseudarchaster (Asteroida: Echinodermata) from New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 42:551-556
Belongs to Pseudarchaster according to M.K. Eagle 1999
Sister taxa: Pseudarchaster discus, Pseudarchaster portlandicus
Type specimen: AK72834, an other. Its type locality is Q11/f0041, Powell Bay [Nihotupu Fm], which is in an Altonian deep-water sandstone in the Nihotupu Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Q11/f0041, Powell Bay [Nihotupu Fm]
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