Asteroidea - Euaxosida - Mesopalaeasteridae
Alternative combination: Palaeaster shafferi
Full reference: J. Hall. 1868. Contributions to palaeontology. 12. Note on the genus Palaeaster and other fossil starfishes. Annual report of the Regents of the University of the State of New York on the State Cabinet of Natural History and the Historical and Antiquarian collection annexed thereto 20:282-303
Belongs to Mesopalaeaster according to D. B. Blake 2018
See also Hall 1868, Meek 1873, Owen 1965 and Schuchert 1915
Sister taxa: Mesopalaeaster (Hemipalaeaster), Mesopalaeaster antiquus, Mesopalaeaster bellulus, Mesopalaeaster cataractensis, Mesopalaeaster clarki, Mesopalaeaster complicatus, Mesopalaeaster dubius, Mesopalaeaster finei, Mesopalaeaster granti, Mesopalaeaster intermedius, Mesopalaeaster lanceolatus, Mesopalaeaster parviusculus, Mesopalaeaster primus, Mesopalaeaster wilberanus
Type specimen: Holotype AMNH 1195
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Mesopalaeaster shafferi in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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