†family Compsasteridae Schuchert 1915 (sea star)
Asteroidea - Ambuloasteroidea - Compsasteridae
Full reference: C. Schuchert. 1915. Revision of Paleozoic Stelleroidea with special reference to North American Asteroidea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 88:1-311
Parent taxon: Ambuloasteroidea according to D. B. Blake 2018
See also Blake 1989, Blake 2002, Blake and Hagdorn 2003, Lehmann 1957, Schuchert 1915 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxa: Calliasterellidae, Neoasteroidea
Subtaxa: Compsaster Schlueteraster
Type: Compsaster
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: