†family Omanasteridae Blake et al. 2014 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Euaxosida - Omanasteridae

Full reference: D. B. Blake, L. Angiolini, and A. Tintori. 2014. Omanaster imbricatus (Echinodermata, Asteroidea), a new genus and species from the Sakmarian (Lower Permian) Saiwan Formation of Oman, Arabian peninsula. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 120:263-269

Parent taxon: Euaxosida according to D. B. Blake 2018

See also Blake et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Cnemidactinidae, Devonistella, Eoactis, Helianthasteridae, Lacertasteridae, Lepidasteridae, Lepidasterina, Lepyriactis, Mesopalaeasteridae, Palasterinidae, Platanasteridae, Schondorfia, Taeniactis

Subtaxa: Omanaster

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Type: Omanaster

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Saiwan, Pachycyrtella Bed I4-2 (Permian of Oman)

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