Asteroidea - Euaxosida - Lacertasteridae

Full reference: D. B. Blake and T. E. Guensburg. 1989. Two new multiarmed Paleozoic (Mississippian) asteroids (Echinodermata) and some paleobiologic implications. Journal of Paleontology 63(3):331-340

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

See also Blake and Guensburg 1989 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Lacertasterias elegans

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Type: Lacertasterias elegans

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Lacertasterias elegans type locality, Gilmore city (Carboniferous of Iowa)

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