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FIGURE 3. Peedeeaster sandersoni n. gen, n in A new genus and species of Goniasteridae, Peedeeaster sandersoni, and the first occurrence of Sclerasterias (Asteriidae) from the Cretaceous Peedee Formation of North Carolina

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FIGURE 3. Peedeeaster sandersoni n. gen, n. sp. A. USNM PAL 618274 holotype. Abactinal surface. Scale Bar=5.0 mm. B. Closeup abactinal surface, pre-terminal superomarginal plates. Scale Bar=2.5 mm. C. Columnar-hourglass abactinal plates from USNM 618274. Top-side view (right) scale=1.0 mm and USNM 618275 side view, abactinal, top side (left) scale=0.5 mm. D. Superomarginal plates from interradius showing granular cover. Scale= 2.5 mm. E. Lateral view, inferomarginal plates. Scale Bar=3.0 mm. F. Furrow spines, actinal details. Scale Bar=5.0 mm. G. USNM PAL 618275, paratype. Closeup of actinal surface showing adambulacral plates and other details. Scale Bar=2.0 mm. H. Actual surface. Scale Bar= 3.0 mm.

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Published as part of Mah, Christopher L., 2022, A new genus and species of Goniasteridae, Peedeeaster sandersoni, and the first occurrence of Sclerasterias (Asteriidae) from the Cretaceous Peedee Formation of North Carolina, pp. 533-548 in Zootaxa 5138 (5) on page 542, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5138.5.2, http://zenodo.org/record/6571869

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