†Michiganaster Kesling 1971 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Euaxosida - Lepidasteridae
Full reference: R. V. Kesling. 1971. Michiganaster inexpectatus, a new many-armed starfish from Middle Devonian Rogers City Limestone of Michigan. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 23(16):247-262
Parent taxon: Lepidasteridae according to D. B. Blake 2018
See also Kesling 1971
Sister taxa: Lepidactis, Lepidaster
Subtaxa: Michiganaster inexpectatus
Type: Michiganaster inexpectatus
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Michiganaster in the database
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