Stuertzaster spinosissimus Roemer 1864

Stenuroidea

Alternative combinations: Asterias spinosissima, Erinaceaster spinosissimus, Sturtzaster spinosissimus

Full reference: C. F. Roemer. 1864. Neue Asteriden und Crinoiden aus devonischem Dachschiefer von Bundenbach bei Birkenfeld. Palaeontographica 9:143-152

Belongs to Stuertzaster according to W. K. Spencer 1940

See also Lehmann 1957, Owen 1965, Roemer 1864 and Schöndorf 1909

Sister taxa: Stuertzaster giganteus, Stuertzaster liquidus, Stuertzaster marstoni, Stuertzaster utroquecognitus, Sturtzaster colvini, Sturtzaster cygnipes, Sturtzaster mitchelli

Distribution: found only at Eschenbach-Bocksberg mine, Bundenbach (Devonian of Germany)

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