†family Terminasteridae Gale 2011 (sea star)
Asteroidea - Zorocallida - Terminasteridae
Full reference: A. S. Gale. 2011. The phylogeny of post-Palaeozoic Asteroidea (Neoasteroidea, Echinodermata). Special Papers in Palaeontology 85:1-112
Parent taxon: Zorocallina according to A.S. Gale and J.W.M. Jagt 2021
See also Ewin and Gale 2020, Gale 2011 and Gale 2011
Sister taxa: Protothyraster, Terminaster, Viridisaster
Subtaxa: Alkaidia
Type: Terminaster
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (7: Texas collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence