Asteroidea - Valvatida - Poraniidae

Full reference: D. B. Blake, A. Tintori, and H. Hagdorn. 2000. A new, crown-group asteroid (Echinodermata) from the Norian (Triassic) of Northern Italy. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 106(2):141-156

Belongs to Noriaster according to D. B. Blake et al. 2000

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Paleontological Museum of Università degli Studi di Milano, Holotype MPUM 8420. Its type locality is Asteroidea, Zorzino limestones, Norian, Endenna site, Zogno, which is in a Norian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Dolomia Principale Formation of Italy.

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Asteroidea, Zorzino limestones, Norian, Endenna site, Zogno

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