Asteroidea - Euaxosida - Palasterinidae

Full reference: C. Schuchert. 1915. Revision of Paleozoic Stelleroidea with special reference to North American Asteroidea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 88:1-311

Belongs to Schuchertia according to D. B. Blake et al. 2016

See also Owen 1965, Schuchert 1915 and Spencer 1922

Sister taxa: Schuchertia junori, Schuchertia macrarta, Schuchertia ordinaria, Schuchertia sprinklei, Schuchertia stellata, Schuchertia wenlocki

Type specimen: Syntypes USNM 60613, 60623

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Swatara Gap, 3 km north of Lickdale (Ordovician of Pennsylvania)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.