Schuchertia ordinaria Schuchert 1915 (sea star)

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 W. K. Spencer 1922

See also Owen 1965 and Schuchert 1915

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

Type specimen: Holotype 10992, University of Chicago

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Schuchertia ordinaria in the database

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