Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Hudsonasteridae
Synonyms: Belaster Spencer 1916, Protopalaeaster Hudson 1912
Full reference: E. Stürtz. 1899. Ein weiter Beitrag zur Kenntnis paläozoischer Asteroiden. Verhandlungen des Naturhistorischen vereins der preussischen Rheinlande und Westfalens 56:176-240
Parent taxon: Hudsonasteridae according to D. B. Blake 2018
See also Dean Shackleton 2005, Herringshaw et al. 2007, Kesling 1962, Owen 1965, Schuchert 1915, Sepkoski 2002, Spencer 1916, Spencer and Wright 1966, Webster et al. 1999 and Withers and Keble 1934
Sister taxa: Arceoaster, Coccasterinae, Doliaster, Girvanaster, Hudsonasterinae, Silurasterinae
Subtaxa: Hudsonaster australis Hudsonaster carectum Hudsonaster incomptus Hudsonaster milleri Hudsonaster narrawayi Hudsonaster ordovicus Hudsonaster rugosus
Type: Palasterina rugosa
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of United States (1: Colorado collection)
• Ordovician of Canada (2: Quebec), the United Kingdom (1), United States (19: Illinois, Iowa, Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee)
Total: 23 collections including 25 occurrences
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