†Sclerasterias zinsmeisteri Blake and Aronson 1998 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Forcipulatida - Asteriidae
Full reference: D. B. Blake and R. B. Aronson. 1998. Eocene stelleroids (Echinodermata) at Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Journal of Paleontology 72(2):339-353
Belongs to Sclerasterias according to D. B. Blake and R. B. Aronson 1998
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM 406174. Its type locality is CV 86-05, Cross Valley, which is in a Ypresian prodelta siltstone in the La Meseta Formation of Antarctica.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Antarctica (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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