Ambigaster Blake and Elliott 2003 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Kermasida - Permasteridae

Full reference: D. B. Blake and D. R. Elliott. 2003. Ossicular homologies, systematics, and phylogenetic implications of certain North American Carboniferous asteroids (Echinodermata). Journal of Paleontology 77(3):476-489

Parent taxon: Permasteridae according to D. B. Blake 2018

See also Blake and Elliott 2003

Sister taxa: Delicaster, Emphereaster, Permaster

Subtaxa: Ambigaster carnarvonensis Ambigaster coleyi Ambigaster wandageensis

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Type: Monaster wandageensis

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections including 4 occurrences

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