Helianthaster Roemer 1864 (sea star)

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

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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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