Austinaster mccarteri Adkins 1928 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Full reference: W. S. Adkins. 1928. Handbook of Cretaceous fossils. University of Texas Bulletin 2838:1-385

Belongs to Austinaster according to J. W. Durham and W.A. Roberts 1948

See also Adkins 1928

Sister taxa: Crateraster debrisi, Crateraster dubusi, Crateraster favosus, Crateraster fourayae, Crateraster grignonensis, Crateraster lamberti, Crateraster multiplacus, Crateraster poritoides, Crateraster quinqueloba, Crateraster reticulatus, Crateraster rotundus, Crateraster texensis

Type specimen: Not formally designated, Bureau of Economic Geology, Austin

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Austinaster mccarteri in the database

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