Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Promopalaeasteridae
Alternative combination: Palaeaster granulosa
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
Belongs to Promopalaeaster according to C. Schuchert 1915
See also Blake 2018, Hall 1868 and Owen 1965
Sister taxa: Promopalaeaster bellulus, Promopalaeaster dyeri, Promopalaeaster elizae, Promopalaeaster magnificus, Promopalaeaster meridionalis, Promopalaeaster prenuntius, Promopalaeaster speciosus, Promopalaeaster spinulosus, Promopalaeaster wykoffi, Anorthaster miamiensis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Arnheim - type Cincinnatian (Ordovician of Ohio)
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