Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Urasterellidae

Alternative combinations: Palaeaster ruthveni, Uraster ruthveni

Full reference: E. Forbes. 1848. On the Asteriadae found fossil in British strata. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology in London 2(2):457-482

Belongs to Urasterella according to D. B. Blake and J. Koniecki 2020

See also Blake 2018, Blake and Rozhnov 2007, Forbes 1848, Forbes 1849, Lewis et al. 2007, McCoy 1851, Murchison 1854, Owen 1965, Salter 1857, Schuchert 1914, Schuchert 1915, Spencer 1918 and Wright 1863

Sister taxa: Urasterella biradialis, Urasterella constellata, Urasterella creswelli, Urasterella gutterfordensis, Urasterella inyoensis, Urasterella montana, Urasterella pulchella, Urasterella thraivensis, Urasterella verruculosa, Roemeraster asperula, Protasteracanthion primus

Subtaxa: Urasterella ruthveni leintwardinensis

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Type specimen: Holotype MSM A5497

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Leintwardine starfish bed (Silurian of the United Kingdom)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.