Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Urasterellidae
Synonyms: Palasteracanthion Stürtz 1886, Phillipaster Spencer 1950, Phillipsaster Spencer 1950, Protasteracanthion Stürtz 1886, Roemeraster Stürtz 1886
Full reference: F. McCoy. 1851. In Sedgwick A. & McCoy F. 1851-1857. A systematic description of the British Palaeozoic fossils in the geological Museum of the University of Cambridge. London and Cambridge 1-611
Parent taxon: Urasterellidae according to D. B. Blake and J. Koniecki 2020
See also Blake 2018, Blake and Rozhnov 2007, Dean Shackleton 2005, Lehmann 1957, Owen 1965, Schuchert 1915, Sepkoski 2002, Spencer 1918, Spencer and Wright 1966, Spencer and Wright 1966 and Withers and Keble 1934
Sister taxa: Anthroosasterias, Bohemaster, Meturaster, Pegoasterella, Salteraster, Staurasterias, Ulrichaster
Subtaxa: Protasteracanthion primus Roemeraster asperula Urasterella biradialis Urasterella constellata Urasterella creswelli Urasterella gutterfordensis Urasterella inyoensis Urasterella montana Urasterella pulchella Urasterella ruthveni Urasterella thraivensis Urasterella verruculosa
Type: Uraster ruthveni
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Germany (2 collections)
• Silurian of the United Kingdom (3), United States (1: California)
• Volkhov of the Russian Federation (1)
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Quebec), the United Kingdom (1), United States (11: Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania)
Total: 20 collections including 22 occurrences
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