†Afraster scalariformis Blake et al. 1996 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Forcipulatida - Pedicellasteridae
Full reference: D. B. Blake, G. Breton, and S. Gofas. 1996. A new genus ans species of Asteriidae (Asteroidea; Echinodermata) from the Upper Cretaceous (Coniacian) of Angola, Africa. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 70(1/2):181-187
Belongs to Afraster according to D. B. Blake et al. 1996
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Holotype MNHN R 11573. Its type locality is Asteroidea, N'Golome Marl Fm, Pambala, which is in a Coniacian offshore marl in the N'Golome marl Formation of Angola.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Asteroidea, N'Golome Marl Fm, Pambala
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