†Mediaster hayi Blake 1986 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Full reference: D. B. Blake. 1986. Some new post-Paleozoic sea stars (Asteroidea: Echinodermata) and comments on taxon endurance. Journal of Paleontology 60(5):1103-1119
Belongs to Mediaster according to D. B. Blake 1986
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: University of California, Museum of Paleontology Holotype 37534. Its type locality is Asteroidea, Ten Mile Mb., Big Chico Creek, which is in a Campanian deltaic sandstone in the Chico Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Asteroidea, Ten Mile Mb., Big Chico Creek
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