Gordonaster brassfieldensis Blake and Ettensohn 2009 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Palaeasteridae

Full reference: D. B. Blake and F. R. Ettensohn. 2009. The complex morphology of a new Lower Silurian asteroid (Echinodermata). Journal of Paleontology 83(1):63-69

Belongs to Gordonaster according to D. B. Blake and F. R. Ettensohn 2009

See also Blake 2018

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: holotype UK 116100; sparatypes UK 116101-116102

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Preston quadrangle, Bath County (Silurian of Kentucky)

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