†Protasteracanthion primus Stürtz 1886 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Urasterellidae
Full reference: B. Stürtz. 1886. Beitrag zur Kenntnis paläozoische Seesterne. Palaeontographica 32:75-98
Belongs to Protasteracanthion according to W.M. Lehmann 1957
See also Schuchert 1915 and Stürtz 1886
Sister taxa: Urasterella biradialis, Urasterella constellata, Urasterella creswelli, Urasterella gutterfordensis, Urasterella inyoensis, Urasterella montana, Urasterella pulchella, Urasterella ruthveni, Urasterella thraivensis, Urasterella verruculosa, Roemeraster asperula
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Bundenbach - Eschenbach, Germany (Devonian of Germany)
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