Omanaster Blake et al. 2014 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Euaxosida - Omanasteridae

Full reference: D. B. Blake, L. Angiolini, and A. Tintori. 2014. Omanaster imbricatus (Echinodermata, Asteroidea), a new genus and species from the Sakmarian (Lower Permian) Saiwan Formation of Oman, Arabian peninsula. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 120:263-269

Parent taxon: Omanasteridae according to D. B. Blake 2018

See also Blake et al. 2014

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Omanaster imbricatus

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Type: Omanaster imbricatus

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Saiwan, Pachycyrtella Bed I4-2 (Permian of Oman)

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