Asteroidea - Euaxosida - Palasterinidae
Synonym: Caractacaster Spencer 1916
Full reference: O.M.J. Jaekel. 1903. Asteriden und Ophiuriden aus dem Silur Böhmens. Zeitschrift der Deutschen geologischen Gesellschaft 55:106-113
Parent taxon: Palasterinidae according to D. B. Blake 2018
See also Dean Shackleton 2005, Herringshaw et al. 2007, Owen 1965, Schuchert 1915, Sepkoski 2002, Spencer 1916, Spencer and Wright 1966 and Withers and Keble 1934
Sister taxa: Aerliceaster, Estoniaster, Eukrinaster, Jugiaster, Kolataster, Palaeosolaster, Palasterina, Petraster, Schuchertia, Stibaraster
Subtaxa: Caractacaster caractaci Caractacaster yarraensis Siluraster caemorensis Siluraster ketleyi Siluraster perfectus
Type: Siluraster perfectus
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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