†Ptilonaster princeps Hall 1868
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Alternative combination: Palaeocoma princeps
Full reference: J. Hall. 1868. Contributions to palaeontology. 12. Note on the genus Palaeaster and other fossil starfishes. Annual report of the Regents of the University of the State of New York on the State Cabinet of Natural History and the Historical and Antiquarian collection annexed thereto 20:282-303
Belongs to Ptilonaster according to J. W. Wells 1952
See also Hall 1868, Miller 1889, Owen 1965, Schuchert 1915 and Spencer 1940
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Holotype AMNH 5945
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Creek on south side of Mt. Pleasant (Devonian of New York)
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