Asteroidea - Euaxosida - Mesopalaeasteridae
Alternative combinations: Argaster antiqua, Asterias antiqua, Palaeaster (Argaster) antiqua, Palaeaster antiqua, Palaeaster antiquus, Petraster antiqua
Full reference: G. Troost. 1835. Description of a new species of fossil Asterias (Asterias antiqua). Transactions of the Geological Society of Pennsylvania 1:232-235
Belongs to Mesopalaeaster according to C. Schuchert 1915
See also Gregory 1899, Hall 1868, Miller 1889, Shumard 1865, Troost 1835 and Wood 1909
Sister taxa: Mesopalaeaster (Hemipalaeaster), Mesopalaeaster bellulus, Mesopalaeaster cataractensis, Mesopalaeaster clarki, Mesopalaeaster complicatus, Mesopalaeaster dubius, Mesopalaeaster finei, Mesopalaeaster granti, Mesopalaeaster intermedius, Mesopalaeaster lanceolatus, Mesopalaeaster parviusculus, Mesopalaeaster primus, Mesopalaeaster shafferi, Mesopalaeaster wilberanus
Type specimen: USNM 39914
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Mesopalaeaster antiquus in the database
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