Asteroidea - Euaxosida - Palasterinidae
Synonym: Uranaster Gregory 1899
Full reference: E. Billings. 1858. On the Asteridae of the Lower Silurian rocks of Canada. Figures and descriptions of Canadian organic remains. Geological Survey of Canada 3:75-85
Parent taxon: Palasterinidae according to D. B. Blake 2018
See also Blake et al. 2016, Dean Shackleton 2005, Gregory 1899, Owen 1965, Schuchert 1915, Sepkoski 2002, Spencer 1916, Spencer 1951, Spencer and Wright 1966 and Withers and Keble 1934
Sister taxa: Aerliceaster, Estoniaster, Eukrinaster, Jugiaster, Kolataster, Palaeosolaster, Palasterina, Schuchertia, Siluraster, Stibaraster
Subtaxa: Petraster americanus Petraster angustior Petraster crozonensis Petraster kinahani Petraster richi Petraster rigidus Petraster smythi Uranaster ramseyensis
Type: Palasterina rigidus
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of Australia (1 collection)
• Ordovician of France (1), United States (6: Ohio, Oklahoma)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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