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

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.