Asteroidea - Valvatida - Stauranderasteridae
Full reference: M. Sanchez Roig. 1926. Los Equiodermos fosiles de Cuba. Contribucion a la paleontologia Cubana 1-179
Belongs to Stauranderaster according to M. Sanchez Roig 1926
Sister taxa: Stauranderaster bispinosus, Stauranderaster boysii, Stauranderaster coronatus, Stauranderaster dorecki, Stauranderaster laevis, Stauranderaster miliaris, Stauranderaster mixtus, Stauranderaster pistilliferus, Stauranderaster polycirra, Stauranderaster pyramidalis, Stauranderaster serrata, Stauranderaster speculum
Type specimen: Its type locality is Canteras del Tejar "Consuelo", which is in a Miocene marine horizon in Cuba
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Canteras del Tejar "Consuelo"
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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