Asteroidea - Euaxosida - Palasterinidae
Synonyms: Echinasterias Stürtz 1899, Echinodiscaster Stürtz 1899, Echinodiscites Stürtz 1899, Echinodiscus Stürtz 1899, Echinostella Stürtz 1899
Full reference: E. Stürtz. 1899. Ein weiter Beitrag zur Kenntnis paläozoischer Asteroiden. Verhandlungen des Naturhistorischen vereins der preussischen Rheinlande und Westfalens 56:176-240
Parent taxon: Palasterinidae according to D. B. Blake 2018
See also Delage and Herouard 1904, Lehmann 1957, Owen 1965, Schuchert 1914, Schuchert 1915, Sepkoski 2002, Spencer 1925 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxa: Aerliceaster, Estoniaster, Eukrinaster, Jugiaster, Kolataster, Palasterina, Petraster, Schuchertia, Siluraster, Stibaraster
Subtaxa: Palaeosolaster gregoryi Palaeosolaster gyalum
Type: Palaeosolaster gregoryi
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Eschenbach-Bocksberg mine, Bundenbach (Devonian of Germany)
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