Somasteroidea - Chinianasteridae

Alternative combination: Cantabrigiaster fezouataensis

Full reference: A. W. Hunter and J. Ortega-Hernández. 2021. A new somasteroid from the Fezouata Lagerstätte in Morocco and the Early Ordovician origin of Asterozoa. Biology Letters 17(20200809):1-5

Belongs to Villebrunaster according to D.B. Blake and F.H.C. Hotchkiss 2022

See also Hunter and Ortega-Hernández 2021

Sister taxon: Villebrunaster thorali

Type specimen: UCBL-FSL 424961, a partial skeleton (Articulated specimen and latex moulds). Its type locality is Tigzigzaouine Hill, which is in a Tremadoc marine horizon in the Fezouata Formation of Morocco.

Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Tigzigzaouine Hill

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.