Asteroidea - Ambuloasteroidea - Calliasterellidae
Alternative spellings: Calliasterellinae, Calliasteridae
Full reference: F. Schöndorf. 1910. Die Asteriden der deutschen Trias. Jahresbericht des Niedersächsischen Geologische Vereins 3:90-116
Parent taxon: Ambuloasteroidea according to D. B. Blake 2018
See also Blake and Elliott 2003, Kesling 1969, Kesling and Strimple 1966, Owen 1965, Schöndorf 1910, Schuchert 1914, Schuchert 1915, Spencer 1918 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxa: Compsasteridae, Neoasteroidea
Subtaxa: Arthrasterinae Calliasterella
Type: Calliasterella
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at LaSalle Limestone Member, Bond Fm., near Pontiac, Livingstone County, IL (Carboniferous of Illinois)