Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Promopalaeasteridae
Synonym: Anorthaster Schuchert 1915
Full reference: C. Schuchert. 1914. Fossilium Catalogus. 1: Animalia, pars 3, Stelleroidea palaeozoica. W. Junk, Berlin 1-53
Parent taxon: Promopalaeasteridae according to D. B. Blake 2018
See also Dean Shackleton 2005, Owen 1965, Schuchert 1914, Schuchert 1915, Sepkoski 2002, Spencer 1916 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxa: Anorthasterinae, Promopalaeasterinae
Subtaxa: Anorthaster miamiensis Promopalaeaster bellulus Promopalaeaster dyeri Promopalaeaster elizae Promopalaeaster granulosus Promopalaeaster magnificus Promopalaeaster meridionalis Promopalaeaster prenuntius Promopalaeaster speciosus Promopalaeaster spinulosus Promopalaeaster wykoffi
Type: Palaeaster granulosa
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Argentina (1 collection)
• Silurian of Canada (3: Ontario)
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Quebec), United States (16: Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania)
Total: 21 collections including 25 occurrences
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