†Lepidactis Spencer 1918 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Euaxosida - Lepidasteridae
Full reference: W. K. Spencer. 1918. A monograph of the British Palaeozoic Asterozoa. Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society, London 1916(3):109-168
Parent taxon: Lepidasteridae according to D. B. Blake 2018
See also Blake et al. 2016, Herringshaw et al. 2007, Owen 1965, Sepkoski 2002, Spencer 1918 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxa: Lepidaster, Michiganaster
Subtaxa: Lepidactis wenlocki
Type: Lepidactis wenlocki
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
• Ordovician of France (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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