Asteroidea - Euaxosida - Mesopalaeasteridae

Alternative combinations: Clarkeaster clarki, Palaeaster clarki

Full reference: J. M. Clarke and C.K. Swartz. 1913. Systematic paleontology of the Upper Devonian deposits of Maryland. Middle and Upper Devonian 535-720

Belongs to Mesopalaeaster according to C. Schuchert 1915

See also Blake 2018 and Clarke and Swartz 1913

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

Type specimen: at the Maryland Geological Survey

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

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

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