†Fandasterias Blake 1995 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Fandasteridae
Full reference: D. B. Blake. 1995. A new asteroid genus from the Carboniferous of Ireland and its phylogenetic position and paleoecology. Irish Journal of Earth Sciences 14:65-80
Parent taxon: Fandasteridae according to D. B. Blake 2018
See also Blake 1995 and Blake and Elliott 2003
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Fandasterias facetus
Type: Fandasterias facetus
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Ireland (1 collection), United States (1: Missouri)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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