†Pegoasterella pompom Blake and Koniecki 2020 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Urasterellidae
Synonyms: Palaeaster wilsoni Raymond 1912, Promopalaeaster wilsoni Raymond 1912
Full reference: D. B. Blake and J. Koniecki. 2020. Taxonomy and functional morphology of the Urasterellidae (Paleozoic Asteroidea, Echinodermata). Journal of Paleontology 94
Belongs to Pegoasterella according to D. B. Blake and J. Koniecki 2020
See also Raymond 1912 and Schuchert 1915
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Pegoasterella pompom: PRIP UI-X-4935. Its type locality is quarries east of Wagon Wheel Airport, which is in a Rocklandian sand shoal carbonate in the Guttenberg Formation of Illinois.
- Promopalaeaster wilsoni:
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (7: Illinois, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Oklahoma collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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