Asteroidea - Euaxosida - Palasterinidae

Alternative combination: Mesopalaeaster ketleyi

Full reference: W. K. Spencer. 1916. A monograph of the British Palaeozoic Asterozoa. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society, London 1915(2):57-108

Belongs to Siluraster according to L. G. Herringshaw et al. 2007

See also Lamont 1947, Owen 1965, Spencer 1916 and Spencer 1918

Sister taxa: Siluraster caemorensis, Siluraster perfectus, Caractacaster caractaci, Caractacaster yarraensis

Type specimen: Holotype BU 674

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Wren's Nest (Silurian of the United Kingdom)

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