Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Palaeasteridae
Alternative spelling: Palaeaster (Argaster)
Full reference: J. Hall. 1868. Contributions to palaeontology. 12. Note on the genus Palaeaster and other fossil starfishes. Annual report of the Regents of the University of the State of New York on the State Cabinet of Natural History and the Historical and Antiquarian collection annexed thereto 20:282-303
Parent taxon: Palaeasteridae according to J. W. Gregory 1899
See also Hall 1868
Sister taxa: Archasterina, Australaster, Baliactis, Eostella, Eriaster, Gordonaster, Kyraster, Leioactis, Neopalaeaster, Palaeactis, Palaeaster, Sertulaster
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Argaster in the database
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