†Lacertasterias Blake and Guensburg 1989 (sea star)
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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
Type: Lacertasterias elegans
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Lacertasterias elegans type locality, Gilmore city (Carboniferous of Iowa)
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