Urasterella thraivensis Spencer 1918 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Urasterellidae

Full reference: W. K. Spencer. 1918. A monograph of the British Palaeozoic Asterozoa. Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society, London 1916(3):109-168

Belongs to Urasterella according to W. K. Spencer 1918

See also Blake and Koniecki 2020 and Owen 1965

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

Type specimen: Lectotype BMNH E 52435

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Locality 5. “Starfish Bed,” small cliff above S. bank of Lady Burn River, 100 meters south of South Treave Farmhouse, Thraive Glen, Girvan (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)

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