Asteroidea - Valvatida - Sphaerasteridae
Synonym: Sphaerites Quenstedt 1852 [replaced name]
Full reference: F. A. Quenstedt. 1876. Petrefaktenkunde Deutschlands, 1 abt. Echinodermen (Asteriden und Encriniden). L.F. Fues, Leipzig 1-742
Parent taxon: Sphaerasteridae according to A.S. Gale 2021
See also Quenstedt 1852, Quenstedt 1876, Schöndorf 1906 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxa: Bulbosphaeraster, Echinosphaeraster, Eosphaeraster, Pouzaster, Rugosphaeraster, Testudinaster, Valettaster
Subtaxa: Sphaeraster tabulatus Sphaerites nervisequus
Type: Asterias tabulata
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Germany (2 collections), Ukraine (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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