Clarkeaster Ruedemann 1916 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Kermasida - Clarkeasteridae

Full reference: R. Ruedemann. 1916. Account of some new or little known species of fossils mostly from Palaeozoic rocks of New York. Paleontological contributions from the New York State Museum 189:7-97

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

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Spencer and Wright 1966

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: none

Type: Palaeaster clarki

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Clarkeaster in the database

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