†family Neopalaeasteridae Schuchert 1915 (sea star)

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

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