Asteroidea - Euaxosida

Full reference: D. B. Blake and T. E. Guensburg. 1989. Two new multiarmed Paleozoic (Mississippian) asteroids (Echinodermata) and some paleobiologic implications. Journal of Paleontology 63(3):331-340

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

See also Blake and Guensburg 1989 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cnemidactinidae, Devonistella, Eoactis, Helianthasteridae, Lacertasteridae, Lepidasteridae, Lepidasterina, Lepyriactis, Mesopalaeasteridae, Omanasteridae, Palasterinidae, Platanasteridae, Taeniactis

Subtaxa: Schondorfia fungosa

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Type: Schondorfia fungosa

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Roadcut on Route 146 (Carboniferous of Illinois)

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