Embolaster graffhami Blake 2008

Stenuroidea - Embolasteridae

Full reference: D. B. Blake. 2008. A new Ordovician asteroid (Echinodermata) with somasteroid-like skeletal elements. Journal of Paleontology 82(4):645-656

Belongs to Embolaster according to D. B. Blake 2008

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Holotype FMNH PE 60756, Paratypes FMNH PE 60757-58. Its type locality is Dunn Hill Quarry, Criner Hills, which is in a Blackriveran carbonate limestone/shale in the Bromide Formation of Oklahoma.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Dunn Hill Quarry, Criner Hills

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