†Protactis Spencer 1927 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Hemizonida - Taeniactinidae
Full reference: W. K. Spencer. 1927. A monograph of the British Palaeozoic Asterozoa. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society, London 1925(7):325-388
Parent taxon: Protactininae according to W. K. Spencer 1927
See also Owen 1965
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Protactis wenlockensis
Type: Baliactis wenlockensis
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Gutterford Burn Starfish Bed, North Esk Inlier, Pentland Hills (Silurian of the United Kingdom)
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