†Girvanaster Spencer 1916 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Hudsonasteridae
Full reference: W. K. Spencer. 1916. A monograph of the British Palaeozoic Asterozoa. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society, London 1915(2):57-108
Parent taxon: Hudsonasteridae according to D. B. Blake 2018
See also Dean Shackleton 2005, Owen 1965, Sepkoski 2002 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxa: Arceoaster, Coccasterinae, Doliaster, Hudsonaster, Hudsonasterinae, Silurasterinae
Subtaxa: Girvanaster sculptus
Type: Girvanaster sculptus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Girvanaster in the database
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