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
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