†family Monasteridae Schuchert 1915 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Kermasida - Monasteridae

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: Kermasida according to D. B. Blake 2018

See also Blake and Elliott 2003, Owen 1965, Schuchert 1915, Spencer 1927 and Spencer and Wright 1966

Sister taxa: Clarkeasteridae, Illusioluididae, Permasteridae

Subtaxa: Monaster

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Type: Palaeaster (Monaster)

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Italy (3 collections)

• Permian of Australia (3), Namibia (1)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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