Ophiuroidea - Oegophiurida - Protasteridae
Synonym: Eugaster Hall 1868 [replaced name]
Full reference: C. Schuchert. 1914. Fossilium Catalogus. 1: Animalia, pars 3, Stelleroidea palaeozoica. W. Junk, Berlin 1-53
Parent taxon: Protasteridae according to P. A. Jell and J. N. Theron 1999
See also Kesling 1969, Schuchert 1914 and Schuchert 1915
Sister taxa: Astutuaster, Budenbachia, Chattaster, Drepanaster, Furcaster, Gamiroaster, Gregoriura, Hypophiura, Mastigophiura, Palaeophiura, Protaster, Protasterinae, Strataster, Taeniaster, Weigeltura
Subtaxa: Eugasterella africana Eugasterella concinna Eugasterella logani Eugasterella thorni
Type: Eugaster logani
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (1: Ontario collection), South Africa (3)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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