Skiaster vikingr Blake and Jagt 2005 (sea star)

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

Belongs to Skiaster according to D. B. Blake and J.W.M. Jagt 2005

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Holotype NHMM K 2086

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Bryozoan Limestone, Hojerup Kirke, Stevns Klint (Paleocene of Denmark)

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