Urasterella pulchella Billings 1857

Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Urasterellidae

Alternative combinations: Palaeaster pulchellus, Stenaster pulchellus, Urasterella (Stenaster) pulchellus

Full reference: E. Billings. 1857. Description of new fossils from the Silurian rocks of Canada. Report of Progress for years 1853-1856, Geological Survey of Canada 256-345

Belongs to Urasterella according to C. Schuchert 1915

See also Billings 1857, Billings 1858, Blake and Koniecki 2020, Hall 1868, Owen 1965 and Wright 1863

Sister taxa: Urasterella biradialis, Urasterella constellata, Urasterella creswelli, Urasterella gutterfordensis, Urasterella inyoensis, Urasterella montana, Urasterella ruthveni, Urasterella thraivensis, Urasterella verruculosa, Protasteracanthion primus, Roemeraster asperula

Type specimen: at the Museum of Geological Survey of canada

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Canada (1: Quebec collection), United States (1: Pennsylvania)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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