Stenuroidea - Proturina - Eophiuridae
Full reference: F. Schöndorf. 1910. Über einige "ophiuren und Asteriden" des englischen Silur und ihre bedeutung für die Systematik paläozoischer Seesterne. Jahrbuchern des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde in Wiesbaden 63:206-256
Parent taxon: Proturina according to D. B. Blake 2013
See also Dean Shackleton 2005, Jell and Theron 1999, Owen 1965, Schöndorf 1910, Schuchert 1915, Spencer 1951 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxa: Acinetasteridae, Bdellacomidae, Pradesuridae, Rhopalocomidae
Subtaxa: Eophiura Haughtonaster Palaeura Pradesura
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of South Africa (3 collections)
• Arenig of France (1)
• Ordovician of the Czech Republic (1), France (1), Spain (1)
Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences