†Cheiropteraster giganteus Stürtz 1890 (brittle star)
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Full reference: B. Stürtz. 1890. Neuer Beitrag zur Kenntniss paläozoischer Seesterne. Palaeontographica 36:203-247
Belongs to Cheiropteraster according to W. K. Spencer 1934
See also Klinghardt 1933, Lehmann 1957, Owen 1965, Schuchert 1915 and Stürtz 1890
Sister taxa: none
Ecology: low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Eschenbach-Bocksberg mine, Bundenbach (Devonian of Germany)
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