Asteroidea - Neopalaeasteridae
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: Asteroidea according to D. B. Blake and D. R. Elliott 2003
See also Blake 1989, Schuchert 1915 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxa: Ambuloasteroidea, Arthrasteridae, Cryptozonia, Euasteroidea, Euaxosida, Hadrosida, Hemizonida, Hunsrueckaster, Kermasida, Lepidasterella, Petrasteridae, Phanerozoma, Phanerozonida, Platyasterida, Pleuraster, Proactis, Protarthraster, Pustulosida, Schuchertiidae, Silicaster, Spinulosacea, Trichotaster, Yarravaster
Subtaxa: none
Type: Neopalaeaster
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Neopalaeasteridae in the database