†Buterminaster elegans Blake and Zinsmeister 1988 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Full reference: D. B. Blake and W. J. Zinsmeister. 1988. Eocene asteroids (Echinodermata) from Seymour Island, Antarctic peninsula. Geological Society America Bulletin 169:489-498
Belongs to Buterminaster according to D. B. Blake and W. J. Zinsmeister 1988
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: National Museum of Natural History, Department of Paleobiology, Holotype USNM 40
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at W 94-03, Seymour Island (Eocene of Antarctica)
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