†Paleoctenodiscus Blake 1988 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Porcellanasteridae
Full reference: D. B. Blake. 1988. A first member of the Ctenodiscidae (Asteroidea, Echinodermata). Journal of Paleontology 62(4):626-631
Parent taxon: Porcellanasteridae according to A. S. Gale 2011
See also Blake 1988 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Paleoctenodiscus campaniurnus
Ecology: semi-infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at Asteroidea, Turbidite bed, Baja California (Cretaceous of Mexico)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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