Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Xenasteridae

Full reference: F. Schöndorf. 1909. Paläozoische Seesterne Deutschlands. I. Die echten Asteriden der Rheinischen Grauwacke. Palaeontographica 65:37-172

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

See also Schöndorf 1909, Schöndorf 1909, Schuchert 1915, Sepkoski 2002 and Spencer and Wright 1966

Sister taxa: Devonaster, Eifelaster, Palaenectria, Palaeostella, Rhenaster, Trimeraster, Xenaster

Subtaxa: Agalmaster grandis Agalmaster intermedius Agalmaster miellensis

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Type: Agalmaster grandis

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at USGS 6143-CO. Route 982, 0.4 mi south of junction of Rts 32, 36, and 982 (Ordovician of Kentucky)

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