Schuchertia sprinklei Blake et al. 2016 (sea star)

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

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