Asteroidea - Kermasida - Illusioluididae

Full reference: D. B. Blake and T. E. Guensburg. 1989. Illusioluidia teneryi n. gen. and sp. (Asteroidea: Echinodermata) from the Pennsylvanian of Texas, and its homeomorphy with th extant genus Luidia Forbes. Journal of Paleontology 63(5):662-668

Belongs to Illusioluidia according to D. B. Blake and T. E. Guensburg 1989

See also Blake 2018

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Holotype USNM 424901. Its type locality is Asteroidea, Wolf Mountain shale, Lake Bridgeport, Wise County, which is in a Missourian marginal marine shale in the Wolf Mountain Shale Formation of Texas.

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Asteroidea, Wolf Mountain shale, Lake Bridgeport, Wise County

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