†Lanthanaster cruciformis Branstrator 1972 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Euaxosida - Platanasteridae
Full reference: J. W. Branstrator. 1972. Lanthanaster cruciformis, a new Upper Ordovician sea star from Cincinnati, Ohio. Journal of Paleontology 46:66-69
Belongs to Lanthanaster according to J. Dean Shackleton 2005
See also Blake 2018 and Branstrator 1972
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Holotype UCPM 6433. Its type locality is Lanthanaster cruciformis type locality, Cincinnati, which is in an Ordovician marine horizon in Ohio.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Lanthanaster cruciformis type locality, Cincinnati
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