†Helianthaster Roemer 1864 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Euaxosida - Helianthasteridae
Full reference: C. F. Roemer. 1864. Neue Asteriden und Crinoiden aus devonischem Dachschiefer von Bundenbach bei Birkenfeld. Palaeontographica 9:143-152
Parent taxon: Helianthasteridae according to D. B. Blake 2018
See also Blake 2009, Lehmann 1957, Owen 1965, Schuchert 1915, Sepkoski 2002, Spencer 1927 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxa: Arkonaster, Helianthasterinae
Subtaxa: Helianthaster rhenanus
Type: Helianthaster rhenanus
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Eschenbach-Bocksberg mine, Bundenbach (Devonian of Germany)
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