Mesopalaeaster intermedius Schuchert 1915 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Euaxosida - Mesopalaeasteridae

Full reference: C. Schuchert. 1915. Revision of Paleozoic Stelleroidea with special reference to North American Asteroidea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 88:1-311

Belongs to Mesopalaeaster according to C. Schuchert 1915

Sister taxa: Mesopalaeaster (Hemipalaeaster), Mesopalaeaster antiquus, Mesopalaeaster bellulus, Mesopalaeaster cataractensis, Mesopalaeaster clarki, Mesopalaeaster complicatus, Mesopalaeaster dubius, Mesopalaeaster finei, Mesopalaeaster granti, Mesopalaeaster lanceolatus, Mesopalaeaster parviusculus, Mesopalaeaster primus, Mesopalaeaster shafferi, Mesopalaeaster wilberanus

Type specimen: Holotype 9575, University of Chicago Museum

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Mesopalaeaster intermedius in the database

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