†Codellaster keepersae Blake and Kues 2002 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Full reference: D. B. Blake and B.S. Kues. 2002. Homeomorphy in the Asteroidea (Echinodermata); a new Late Cretaceous genus and species from Colorado. Journal of Paleontology 76(6):1007-1013
Belongs to Codellaster according to D. B. Blake and B.S. Kues 2002
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: University of New Mexico, Holotype, UNM 13.139. Its type locality is Asteroidea, Codel Sandstone Mb, Point of Rocks, which is in a Turonian coastal sandstone in the Carline shale Formation of Colorado.
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Asteroidea, Codel Sandstone Mb, Point of Rocks
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