Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Palaeasteridae
Full reference: C. Schuchert. 1914. Fossilium Catalogus. 1: Animalia, pars 3, Stelleroidea palaeozoica. W. Junk, Berlin 1-53
Parent taxon: Palaeasteridae according to D. B. Blake 2018
See also Blake and Elliott 2003, Schuchert 1914, Schuchert 1915, Sepkoski 2002 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxa: Archasterina, Argaster, Australaster, Baliactis, Eostella, Eriaster, Gordonaster, Kyraster, Leioactis, Palaeactis, Palaeaster, Sertulaster
Subtaxa: Neopalaeaster crawfordsvillensis
Type: Palaeaster crawfordsvillensis
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (3: Indiana collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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