Starfish diversity in the Wenlock of England

Journal article

Although their record extends back to the Early Ordovician, the occurrence of fossil starfish (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) is dependent almost exclusively upon horizons of exceptional preservation. Thus, asteroids found in Silurian obrution deposits of the English Midlands and Welsh Borderlands are particularly significant to an understanding of the early diversity of the group. Six species are described here: Hudsonaster? carectum sp. nov. (Hudsonasteridae), from the lower part of the Lower E...

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Authors: Herringshaw, L; Thomas, A; Smith, M

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: PALAEONTOLOGY
• Volume: 50
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 1211-1229
• Publication date: 2007-09-01
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00699.x
• EISSN: 1475-4983
• ISSN: 0031-0239
• Language: English
• Keywords: asteroidea; taxonomy; wenlock; multiradiate; palaeoecology; silurian; starfish