†Emphereaster Blake and Elliott 2003 (sea star)
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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: Ambigaster, Delicaster, Permaster
Subtaxa: Emphereaster missouriensis
Type: Emphereaster missouriensis
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (2: Iowa, Missouri collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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