Asteroidea - Euaxosida - Palasterinidae
Full reference: D. B. Blake, T. E. Guensberg, and B. Lefebvre. 2016. New Early Paleozoic Asterozoa (Echinodermata) from the Armorican Massif, France, and the Western United States. Annales de Paléontologie 102:161-181
Belongs to Schuchertia according to D. B. Blake et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Schuchertia junori, Schuchertia laxata, Schuchertia macrarta, Schuchertia ordinaria, Schuchertia stellata, Schuchertia wenlocki
Type specimen: Its type locality is Ibex area Black Hills, which is in a Dapingian deep subtidal shelf shale/packstone in the Kanosh Shale Formation of Utah
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Ibex area Black Hills
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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