Tesselaster clarki Blake and Aronson 1998 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

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 Tesselaster according to D. B. Blake and R. B. Aronson 1998

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 490429. Its type locality is CV 86-05, Cross Valley, which is in a Ypresian prodelta siltstone in the La Meseta Formation of Antarctica.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at CV 86-05, Cross Valley

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