Asteroidea - Euaxosida - Lepidasteridae
Full reference: J. W. Gregory. 1899. On Lindstromaster and the classification of Palaeasterids. Geological Magazine 6:341-354
Parent taxon: Euaxosida according to D. B. Blake 2018
See also Blake 1989, Blake et al. 2016, Herringshaw et al. 2007, Owen 1965, Schuchert 1915 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxa: Cnemidactinidae, Devonistella, Eoactis, Helianthasteridae, Lacertasteridae, Lepidasterina, Lepyriactis, Mesopalaeasteridae, Omanasteridae, Palasterinidae, Platanasteridae, Schondorfia, Taeniactis
Subtaxa: Lepidactis Lepidaster Michiganaster
Type: Lepidaster
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
• Ordovician of France (1)
Total: 3 collections including 5 occurrences