Cheiropteraster giganteus Stürtz 1890 (brittle star)

Ophiuroidea - Encrinasteridae

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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