†Pegaster Blake and Peterson 1993 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Forcipulatida - Asteriidae
Full reference: D. B. Blake and D.S. Peterson. 1993. An unusual new asteriid (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) from the Cretaceous of California. Journal of Paleontology 67(4):586-589
Parent taxon: Asteriidae according to D. B. Blake and D.S. Peterson 1993
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Asteriinae, Cretasterias, Dermasterinae, Germanasterias, Hystrixasterias, Polarasterias, Savignasterias, Sclerasterias
Subtaxa: Pegaster stichos Pegaster sticos
Type: Pegaster stichos
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Asteroidea, Ten Mile Mb., Big Chico Creek (Cretaceous of California)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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