†Furcaster palaeozoicus Stürtz 1886 (brittle star)
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Ophiuroidea - Oegophiurida - Protasteridae
Full reference: B. Stürtz. 1886. Über paläozoische Sesterne. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie 2:142-154
Belongs to Furcaster according to W.M. Lehmann 1957
See also Gregory 1897, Klinghardt 1933, Schuchert 1915, Spencer 1925, Stürtz 1886, Stürtz 1886 and Stürtz 1890
Sister taxa: Furcaster aequoreus, Furcaster cataphractus, Furcaster daoulasensis, Furcaster decheni, Furcaster leptosoma, Furcaster trepidans, Furcaster zitteli
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Bundenbach - Eschenbach, Germany (Devonian of Germany)
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