Ocalaster timucum Blake and Portell 2009 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Full reference: D. B. Blake and R. W. Portell. 2009. Implications for the study of fossil Asteroidea (Echinodermata) of new genera and species from the Eocene of Florida. Journal of Paleontology 83(4):562-574

Belongs to Ocalaster according to D. B. Blake and R. W. Portell 2009

Sister taxon: Ocalaster seloyi

Type specimen: Holotype UF 17244. Its type locality is Dolime Quarry 01, Citrus County, which is in an Eocene shallow subtidal grainstone in the Ocala Limestone Formation of Florida.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Dolime Quarry 01, Citrus County

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