†family Cheiropterasteridae Spencer 1934 (brittle star)
Ophiuroidea - Oegophiurida - Cheiropterasteridae
Full reference: W. K. Spencer. 1934. A monograph of the British Palaeozoic Asterozoa. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society 1933(9):437-494
Parent taxon: Lysophiurina according to N. S. Smith et al. 2025
See also Jell 1997, Jell and Theron 1999, Lehmann 1957, Owen 1965 and Spencer 1934
Sister taxa: Palaeophiuridae, Protasteridae
Subtaxa: Hexuraster Vandelooaster
Type: Cheiropteraster
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (2: Indiana collections)
• Devonian of Czechia (1), South Africa (2)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence