Somasteroidea - Chinianasteridae
Synonyms: Ampullaster Fell 1963, Cantabrigiaster Hunter and Ortega-Hernández 2021
Full reference: W. K. Spencer. 1951. Early Palaeozoic starfish. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, series B 235(B623):87-129
Parent taxon: Chinianasteridae according to D. B. Blake and T. E. Guensburg 2015
See also Blake 2013, Blake and Hotchkiss 2022, Dean Shackleton 2005, Fell 1963, Hunter and Ortega-Hernández 2021, Owen 1965, Sepkoski 2002, Spencer 1951 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxa: Chinianaster, Ophioxenikos, Thoralaster
Subtaxa: Villebrunaster fezouataensis Villebrunaster thorali
Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Arenig of France (1 collection)
• Ordovician of France (1)
• Tremadoc of Morocco (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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