Full reference: W. K. Spencer. 1950. Asterozoa and the study of Palaeozoic faunas. Geological Magazine 87:393-408
Parent taxon: Asteroidea according to D. B. Blake 2018
See also Owen 1965, Sepkoski 2002 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxa: Ambuloasteroidea, Arthrasteridae, Cryptozonia, Euasteroidea, Euaxosida, Hadrosida, Hemizonida, Hunsrueckaster, Kermasida, Lepidasterella, Neopalaeasteridae, Petrasteridae, Phanerozoma, Phanerozonida, Platyasterida, Pleuraster, Proactis, Protarthraster, Pustulosida, Schuchertiidae, Silicaster, Spinulosacea, Trichotaster
Subtaxa: none
Type: Caractacaster yarraensis
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Yarravaster in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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