Swataria derstleri Blake 2014

Asterozoa - Phragmactinidae

Full reference: D. B. Blake. 2014. Two Ordovician asterozoans (Echinodermata) of problematic affinities. Journal of Paleontology 88(6):1163-1173

Belongs to Swataria according to D. B. Blake 2014

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: See comments, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Swatara Gap, 1 mile north-northwest of Lickdale, which is in an Edenian prodelta siltstone/mudstone in the Martinsburg Formation of Pennsylvania.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Swatara Gap, 1 mile north-northwest of Lickdale

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