†Helianthaster rhenanus Roemer 1864 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Euaxosida - Helianthasteridae
Full reference: C. F. Roemer. 1864. Neue Asteriden und Crinoiden aus devonischem Dachschiefer von Bundenbach bei Birkenfeld. Palaeontographica 9:143-152
Belongs to Helianthaster according to B. Stürtz 1890
See also Blake 2009, Blake 2018, Gregory 1900, Lehmann 1957, Owen 1965, Quenstedt 1876, Roemer 1864, Ruedemann 1916, Schöndorf 1909, Schöndorf 1910, Schuchert 1914, Schuchert 1915, Spencer 1930, Stürtz 1886, Stürtz 1886 and Stürtz 1893
Sister taxa: none
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Bundenbach - Eschenbach, Germany (Devonian of Germany)
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