Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Urasterellidae
Full reference: B. Stürtz. 1893. Ueber versteinerte und lebende Seesterne. Verhandlungen des naturhistorischen Vereins der preussischen Rheinlande und Westfalens 50:1-92
Parent taxon: Urasterellidae according to D. B. Blake and J. Koniecki 2020
See also Blake and Rozhnov 2007, Dean Shackleton 2005, Müller and Hahn 2022, Owen 1965, Schuchert 1915, Sepkoski 2002, Spencer 1918, Spencer and Wright 1966 and Withers and Keble 1934
Sister taxa: Anthroosasterias, Bohemaster, Meturaster, Pegoasterella, Staurasterias, Ulrichaster, Urasterella
Subtaxa: Salteraster acuminatus Salteraster asperrimus Salteraster biradialis Salteraster coronella Salteraster grandis Salteraster imbricatus Salteraster selwyni
Type: Palaeaster asperrima
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (2: Ontario collections), United States (4: Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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