†Compsaster formosus Worthen and Miller 1883 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Ambuloasteroidea - Compsasteridae
Full reference: A. H. Worthen and S.A. Miller. 1883. Class Echinodermata. Geology and Paleontology. Geological Survey of Illinois, H.W. Rokker, Spingfield 7:327-338
Belongs to Compsaster according to C. Schuchert 1915
See also Blake 2002, Blake 2018 and Worthen and Miller 1883
Sister taxon: Compsaster spiniger
Type specimen: Holotype IGS2476, Illinois State Geological Survey
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (2: Illinois collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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