Permaster grandis Kesling 1969 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Kermasida - Permasteridae

Full reference: R. V. Kesling. 1969. Three Permian starfish from Western Australia and their bearing on revision of the Asteroidea. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 22:361-376

Belongs to Permaster according to R. V. Kesling 1969

See also Blake 2018

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: University of Western Australia, Holotype UWA 26992e. Its type locality is Wandagee stage, Minilya river, Carnavon basin, which is in a Kungurian marine siltstone in the Wandagee Formation of Australia.

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Wandagee stage, Minilya river, Carnavon basin

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