†Compsaster Worthen and Miller 1883 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Ambuloasteroidea - Compsasteridae
Full reference: A. H. Worthen and S.A. Miller. 1883. Class Echinodermata. Geology and Paleontology. Geological Survey of Illinois, H.W. Rokker, Spingfield 7:327-338
Parent taxon: Compsasteridae according to D. B. Blake 2018
See also Blake 2002, Blake and Hagdorn 2003, Schuchert 1915, Sepkoski 2002 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxon: Schlueteraster
Subtaxa: Compsaster formosus Compsaster spiniger
Type: Compsaster formosus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (2: Illinois collections)
• Devonian of Germany (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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