†Alkaidia Blake and Reid 1998 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Zorocallida - Terminasteridae
Alternative spelling: Alkaida
Full reference: D. B. Blake and R. Reid. 1998. Some Albian (Cretaceous) asteroids (Echinodermata) from Texas and their paleobiological implications. Journal of Paleontology 72(3):512-532
Parent taxon: Terminasteridae according to T.A.M. Ewin and A.S. Gale 2020
See also Blake and Reid 1998, Gale and Jagt 2021 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Alkaidia megaungula Alkaidia sumralli
Type: Alkaidia sumralli
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (7: Texas collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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