Ophiuroidea - Oegophiurida - Protasteridae
Full reference: F. H. C. Hotchkiss. 1993. A new Devonian Ophiuroid (Echinodermata: Oegophiurida) from New York State and its bearing on the origin of ophiuroid upper arm plates. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 106(1):63-84
Belongs to Strataster according to F. H. C. Hotchkiss 1993
Sister taxa: Strataster devonicus, Strataster ohioensis, Strataster stuckenbergi, Strataster wrighti
Type specimen: Holotype NYSM 13222, paratypes NYSM 13223-13226. Its type locality is road cut on NY Route 28, west of Cooperstown, which is in a Givetian coastal shale in the Panther Mountain Formation of New York.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at road cut on NY Route 28, west of Cooperstown
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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