Asteroidea - Euaxosida - Palasterinidae
Full reference: J. P. Botting, P. Appleton, L. A. Muir, J. Malpas, and K. Riddington. 2011. A new species of Siluraster (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) from the Late Ordovician of North Wales. Geological Journal 46:427-433
Belongs to Siluraster according to J. P. Botting et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Siluraster ketleyi, Siluraster perfectus, Caractacaster yarraensis, Caractacaster caractaci
Type specimen: Holotype CHEGM 2009.98a, Paratype CHEGM 2009.98b, Grosvenor Museum, Chester. Its type locality is barn in Glyn Ceiriog, which is in a Longvillian shallow subtidal siltstone in the Bryn Siltstone Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at barn in Glyn Ceiriog
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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