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Arceoaster hintei n. gen. n. sp., a late Silurian homeomorphic asteroid (Echinodermata, Hudsonasteridae)

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Daniel B. Blake [Opens in a new window]  and
James Sprinkle
Daniel B. Blake
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Department of Geology, 1301 W. Green St., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 61801 USA <dblake@illinois.edu>
James Sprinkle
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Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas, 1 University Station C1100, Austin 78712 USA <echino@jsg.utexas.edu>
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The late Silurian Arceoaster hintei new genus new species (Asteroidea, Echinodermata) is based on a single complete specimen from the lower Hunton Group of southern Oklahoma. Overall ossicular arrangement enables assignment of the new genus to the Paleozoic stem-family Hudsonasteridae; however, Arceoaster n. gen. is homeomorphic with members of the post-Paleozoic crown-group Goniasteridae. Because Arceoaster n. gen. is a hudsonasterid, and because similar morphologic expressions are not known among described taxa from later in the Paleozoic or the early Mesozoic, similarities between Arceoaster n. gen. and later genera are homoplastic, thereby providing an example of iterative evolution within Asteroidea. The Arceoaster n. gen. specimen is associated with a rich and diverse invertebrate fauna typical of its time interval and environmental setting; nothing suggests an unusual habitat. Selective pressures leading to homoplasy are conjectural, although robust construction among extant asteroids has been associated with a defensive life strategy.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 95 , Issue 1 , January 2021 , pp. 154 - 161
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