†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

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Type: Compsaster

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (2: Illinois collections)

• Devonian of Germany (1)

Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences

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