†family Pradesuridae Spencer 1951

Stenuroidea - Proturina - Pradesuridae

Full reference: W. K. Spencer. 1951. Early Palaeozoic starfish. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, series B 235(B623):87-129

Parent taxon: Proturina according to D. B. Blake 2013

See also Boczarowski 2001, Lehmann 1957, Owen 1965, Spencer 1951 and Spencer and Wright 1966

Sister taxa: Acinetasteridae, Bdellacomidae, Eophiuridae, Rhopalocomidae

Subtaxa: Erinaceaster Stuertzura

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Type: Pradesura

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Bundenbach - Eschenbach, Germany (Devonian of Germany)

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