Paragonaster haldixoni Jagt et al. 2014 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Full reference: J. W. M. Jagt, B. Thuy, S. K. Donovan, S. Stöhr, R. W. Portell, R. K. Pickerill, D. A. T. Harper, W. Lindsay, and T. A. Jackson. 2014. A starfish bed in the Middle Miocene Grand Bay Formation of Carriacou, The Grenadines (West Indies). Geological Magazine 151:381-393

Belongs to Paragonaster according to J. W. M. Jagt et al. 2014

Sister taxon: Paragonaster clarkae

Type specimen: UF 11750. Its type locality is North of Tarleton Point, which is in a Miocene deep-water sandstone in the Grand Bay Formation of Grenada.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at North of Tarleton Point

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