Heropyrgus Briggs et al. 2017

Edrioasteroidea - Edrioasterida - Rhenopyrgidae

Full reference: D. E. Briggs, D. J. Siveter, D. J. Siveter, M. D. Sutton, and I. A. Rahman. 2017. An edrioasteroid from the Silurian Herefordshire Lagerstätte of England reveals the nature of the water vascular system in an extinct echinoderm. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284(1862):20171189

Parent taxon: Rhenopyrgidae according to D. E. Briggs et al. 2017

Sister taxon: Rhenopyrgus

Subtaxa: Heropyrgus disterminus

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Type: Heropyrgus disterminus

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Herefordshire Konservat-Lagerstätte (Silurian of the United Kingdom)

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