Eostella Lehmann 1957 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Palaeasteridae

Full reference: W.M. Lehmann. 1957. Die Asterozoen in den Dachschifern des rheinischen Unterdevons. Abhandlungen des Hessischen Landeshamtes für Bodenforchung 21:1-160

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

See also Lehmann 1957, Sepkoski 2002 and Spencer and Wright 1966

Sister taxa: Archasterina, Argaster, Australaster, Baliactis, Eriaster, Gordonaster, Kyraster, Leioactis, Neopalaeaster, Palaeactis, Palaeaster, Sertulaster

Subtaxa: Eostella hunsrueckiana

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Type: Eostella hunsrueckiana

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Eostella in the database

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