Family Pseudarchasteridae Sladen 1889 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Pseudarchasteridae

Alternative spelling: Pseudarchasterinae

Full reference: W. P. Sladen. 1889. The Asteroidea. Report of the Scientific Results of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Challenger 1873-1876, Zoology 30:1-935

Parent taxon: Paxillosida according to A.S. Gale 2020

See also Blake and Jagt 2005, Eagle 1999, Mah and Blake 2012, Sladen 1889 and Spencer and Wright 1966

Sister taxa: Astropectinidae, Benthopectinidae, Cribellina, Ctenodiscidae, Diplozonina, Luidiidae, Notomyotina

Subtaxa: Pseudarchaster Skiaster Sucia

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Type: Pseudarchaster

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of New Zealand (1 collection)

• Oligocene of United States (1: Alaska)

• Paleocene of Denmark (1)

• Cretaceous of United States (1: Washington)

• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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