ammonites
Promopalaeaster exculptus Miller 1881 (sea star)

Asteroidea

Alternative combination: Palaeaster exculptus

Full reference: S. A. Miller. 1881. Description of some new and remarkable crinoids and some other fossils of the Hudson River Group and notice of Strotocrinus bloomfieldensis. Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History 4(1):69-77

Belongs to Promopalaeaster according to C. Schuchert 1915

Sister taxa: Promopalaeaster bellulus, Promopalaeaster dyeri, Promopalaeaster elizae, Promopalaeaster granulosus, Promopalaeaster magnificus, Promopalaeaster meridionalis, Promopalaeaster prenuntius, Promopalaeaster speciosus, Promopalaeaster spinulosus, Promopalaeaster wilsoni, Promopalaeaster wykoffi, Anorthaster miamiensis

Type specimen: Holotype USNM 60608

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore