Alternative combinations: Palaeaster obtusus, Uraster obtusus
Synonyms: Hudsonaster batheri Schuchert 1915, Stenaster salteri Billings 1858, Tetraster wyvillethomsoni Nicholson and Etheridge 1880
Full reference: E. Forbes. 1848. On the Asteriadae found fossil in British strata. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology in London 2(2):457-482
Belongs to Stenaster according to D. B. Blake et al. 2016
See also Billings 1858, Dean 1999, Dean Shackleton 2005, Forbes 1848, Forbes 1849, Hansen et al. 2005, Jell and Baillie 1984, Murchison 1854, Nicholson and Etheridge 1880, Owen 1965, Ruedemann 1916, Salter 1857, Schuchert 1915, Spencer 1914, Spencer 1927, Spencer and Wright 1966, Stürtz 1886, Stürtz 1893 and Wright 1863
Sister taxon: Stenaster confluens
Distribution:
• Silurian of Australia (1 collection)
• Ordovician of Norway (1), United States (2: Kentucky, Utah)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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