Asteroidea - Euaxosida - Palasterinidae
Synonyms: Echinasterias spinosus Stürtz 1899, Echinodiscaster multidactylus Stürtz 1899, Echinodiscus multidactylus Stürtz 1899, Echinostella traquairi Stürtz 1899, Helianthaster roemeri Clarke 1908, Palaeosolaster roemeri Clarke 1908
Full reference: E. Stürtz. 1899. Ein weiter Beitrag zur Kenntnis paläozoischer Asteroiden. Verhandlungen des Naturhistorischen vereins der preussischen Rheinlande und Westfalens 56:176-240
Belongs to Palaeosolaster according to W. K. Spencer 1925
See also Blake 2018, Clarke 1908, Lehmann 1957, Owen 1965, Schuchert 1915 and Stürtz 1899
Sister taxon: Palaeosolaster gyalum
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Bundenbach - Eschenbach, Germany (Devonian of Germany)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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