Asteroidea - Euaxosida - Platanasteridae

Full reference: D. B. Blake. 2007. Two Late Ordovician asteroids (Echinodermata) with characters suggestive of early ophiuroids. Journal of Paleontology 81(6):1476-1485

Parent taxon: Platanasteridae according to D. B. Blake 2018

See also Blake 2007

Sister taxa: Lanthanaster, Platanaster, Foliaster, Palaechinasteridae, Palasteriscinae, Palaebrisingidae

Subtaxa: Phyrtosaster casteri

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Type: Phyrtosaster casteri

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at near Eastfork Lake, Clermont County (Ordovician of Ohio)

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