Mesopalaeaster dubius Miller and Dyer 1878 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Euaxosida - Mesopalaeasteridae

Alternative combination: Palaeaster dubius

Full reference: S. A. Miller and C.B. Dyer. 1878. Contributions to palaeontology 2:1-11

Belongs to Mesopalaeaster according to C. Schuchert 1915

See also Miller and Dyer 1878

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

Type specimen: Holotype MCZ 108058

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

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

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