†Hippasteria antiqua Fell 1956 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Full reference: H. B. Fell. 1956. New Zealand fossil Asterozoa. 2. Hippasteria antiqua n. sp. from the Upper Cretaceous. Records of the Canterbury Museum 7(1):11-12
Belongs to Hippasteria according to W. K. Spencer and C. W. Wright 1966
See also Fell 1956
Sister taxon: Hippasteria tuberculata
Type specimen: at Canterbury Museum, Christchuch
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Cotswold station, Omihi (Cretaceous of New Zealand)
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