†Hadranderaster asperulus Weller 1907 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Valvatida - Stauranderasteridae
Alternative combination: Pentaceros asperulus
Full reference: S. Weller. 1907. A report on the Cretaceous paleontology of New Jersey. Geological Survey of New Jersey, Paleontology series 4:1-871
Belongs to Hadranderaster according to L. Villier et al. 2004
See also Clark and Twitchell 1915, Cook and Ramsdell 1991, Durham and Roberts 1948 and Weller 1907
Sister taxon: Hadranderaster simplex
Type specimen: John Hopkins University, holotype T 3014
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (2: New Jersey collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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