Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Palaeasteridae

Full reference: D. B. Blake and F. R. Ettensohn. 2009. The complex morphology of a new Lower Silurian asteroid (Echinodermata). Journal of Paleontology 83(1):63-69

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

See also Blake and Ettensohn 2009

Sister taxa: Archasterina, Argaster, Australaster, Baliactis, Eostella, Eriaster, Kyraster, Leioactis, Neopalaeaster, Palaeactis, Palaeaster, Sertulaster

Subtaxa: Gordonaster brassfieldensis

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Type: Gordonaster brassfieldensis

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Preston quadrangle, Bath County (Silurian of Kentucky)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.