†Neopalaeaster crawfordsvillensis Miller 1880 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Palaeasteridae
Alternative combination: Palaeaster crawfordsvillensis
Full reference: S. A. Miller. 1880. Description of two new species from the Niagara group and five from the Keokuk group. Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History 2(4):254-259
Belongs to Neopalaeaster according to D. B. Blake and D. R. Elliott 2003
See also Blake 2018, Miller 1880, Miller 1889 and Schuchert 1915
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Holotype USNM 60607
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (2: Indiana collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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