Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Urasterellidae
Alternative combinations: Stenaster grandis, Urasterella grandis
Synonym: Palaeaster harrisi Miller 1879
Full reference: F. B. Meek. 1872. Descriptions of two new starfishes and a crinoid from the Cincinnati group of Ohio and Indiana. American Journal of Science Series 3 3:257-262
Belongs to Salteraster according to D. B. Blake and J. Koniecki 2020
See also Meek 1872, Meek 1873, Miller 1879, Miller 1889 and Schuchert 1915
Sister taxa: Salteraster acuminatus, Salteraster asperrimus, Salteraster biradialis, Salteraster coronella, Salteraster imbricatus, Salteraster selwyni
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Ontario collection), United States (4: Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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