UGA Stratigraphy Lab

The data is in the strata

• UGA
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• Steven Holland

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• Edrioasteroidea

Streptaster

Streptaster vorticellatus
MUGM 6252
scale bar is 4 mm

Streptaster is distinguished by the very high, long, and strongly curved ambulacra, all of which curve counterclockwise.

Species

Streptaster vorticellatus (Hall, 1866)
Occurrence: Southgate, Fairmount, Bellevue, Corryville, Arnheim, Waynesville, Liberty, Elkhorn
Reference: Bell, 1976; Bell, 1979
Includes S. septembrachiatus, S. reversata

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