†Ctenophoraster downeyae Blake and Zinsmeister 1979 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Full reference: D. B. Blake and W. J. Zinsmeister. 1979. Two early Cenozoic sea stars (class Asteroidea) from the Seymour Island, Antarctic peninsula. Journal of Paleontology 53(5):1145-1154
Belongs to Ctenophoraster according to D. B. Blake and R. B. Aronson 1998
See also Blake and Zinsmeister 1979 and Blake and Zinsmeister 1988
Sister taxa: none
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Antarctica (16 collections)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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