†Heropyrgus Briggs et al. 2017
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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
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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