†Zoroaster whangareiensis Eagle 2006 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Forcipulatida - Zoroasteridae
Full reference: M. K. Eagle. 2006. A new asteroid (Forcipulatida: Zoroasteridae) from the Eocene of Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand. Reckords of the Auckland Museum 43:81-96
Belongs to Zoroaster according to M. K. Eagle 2006
Sister taxon: Zoroaster fulgens
Type specimen: AU18054, E655 (Q07/f144), a test. Its type locality is Whangarei Harbour, which is in an Eocene marine sandstone in the Ruatangata Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Whangarei Harbour
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