Somasteroidea - Chinianasteridae
Full reference: M. Thoral. 1935. Contribution à l'étude paléontologique de l'Ordovicien inférieur de la Montagne Noire et révision sommaire de la faune cambrienne de la Montagne Noire. Imprimerie de la Charité, Montpellier 1-362
Parent taxon: Chinianasteridae according to D. B. Blake and T. E. Guensburg 2015
See also Blake 2013, Blake 2018, Dean Shackleton 2005, Owen 1965, Sepkoski 2002, Spencer 1951 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxa: Ophioxenikos, Thoralaster, Villebrunaster
Subtaxa: Chinianaster levyi
Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Fennian of France (1 collection)
• Arenig of France (1)
• Ordovician of France (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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