†family Furcasteridae Stürtz 1899 (brittle star)

Ophiuroidea - Oegophiurida - Furcasteridae

Full reference: E. Stürtz. 1899. Ein weiter Beitrag zur Kenntnis paläozoischer Asteroiden. Verhandlungen des Naturhistorischen vereins der preussischen Rheinlande und Westfalens 56:176-240

Parent taxon: Zeugophiurina according to W. K. Spencer and C. W. Wright 1966

See also Boczarowski 2001, Haude and Thomas 1983, Lehmann 1957, Owen 1965, Schuchert 1915, Smith et al. 2025 and Spencer 1925

Sister taxon: Lapworthuridae

Subtaxa: Cholaster Furcaster Tremataster

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Type: Furcaster

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (1: Indiana collection)

• Givetian of Poland (1)

• Devonian of Argentina (1), Germany (5), Poland (24), United States (1: Montana)

• Silurian of the United Kingdom (4)

Total: 37 collections including 43 occurrences

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