Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Xenasteridae
Full reference: C. Schuchert. 1914. Fossilium Catalogus. 1: Animalia, pars 3, Stelleroidea palaeozoica. W. Junk, Berlin 1-53
Parent taxon: Xenasteridae according to D. B. Blake 2018
See also Kesling and Wright 1965, Schuchert 1915, Sepkoski 2002 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxa: Agalmaster, Eifelaster, Palaenectria, Palaeostella, Rhenaster, Trimeraster, Xenaster
Subtaxa: Devonaster chemungensis Devonaster eucharis Devonaster southworthi Devonaster triradiatus
Type: Palaeaster eucharis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (1: Quebec collection), United States (1: New York)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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