†Kionaster Blake and Portell 2011 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Valvatida - Asterodiscididae
Full reference: D. B. Blake and R. W. Portell. 2011. Kionaster petersonae, n. gen. and sp. (Asteroidea), the first fossil occurrence of the Asterodiscididae, from the Miocene of Florida. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 130:25-42
Parent taxon: Asterodiscididae according to D. B. Blake and R. W. Portell 2011
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Kionaster petersonae
Type: Kionaster petersonae
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at TU 547 - Fourmile Creek (Miocene of Florida)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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