†Skiaster Blake and Jagt 2005 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Pseudarchasteridae
Full reference: D. B. Blake and J.W.M. Jagt. 2005. New latest Cretaceous and earliest Paleogene asteroids (Echinodermata) from the Netherlands and Denmark and their palaebiological significance. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 75:183-200
Parent taxon: Pseudarchasterinae according to D. B. Blake and J.W.M. Jagt 2005
See also Gale 2020
Sister taxa: Pseudarchaster, Sucia
Subtaxa: Skiaster vikingr
Type: Skiaster vikingr
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Bryozoan Limestone, Hojerup Kirke, Stevns Klint (Paleocene of Denmark)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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