Asteroidea - Euaxosida - Palasterinidae
Alternative spelling: Stiberaster
Full reference: D. B. Blake and T. E. Guensburg. 1993. New Lower Ordovician stelleroids (Echinodermata) and their bearing on the origins and early history of the stelleroid echinoderms. Journal of Paleontology 67(1):103-113
Parent taxon: Palasterinidae according to D. B. Blake 2018
See also Blake and Guensburg 1993, Blake and Rozhnov 2007, Dean Shackleton 2005 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aerliceaster, Estoniaster, Eukrinaster, Jugiaster, Kolataster, Palaeosolaster, Palasterina, Petraster, Schuchertia, Siluraster
Subtaxa: Stibaraster ratcliffei
Type: Stibaraster ratcliffei
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (2: Nevada, Utah collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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