Trichasteropsis Eck 1879 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Trichasteropsida - Trichasteropsiidae

Alternative spelling: Trichaster

Full reference: H. Eck. 1879. Bemerkungen zu den Mittheilungen des Herrn H. Pohlig über "Aspidura, ein mesozoisches Ophiuridengenus" und über die Lagerstätte der Ophiuren im Muschelkalk. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 31(1):35-53

Parent taxon: Trichasteropsiidae according to D. B. Blake and H. Hagdorn 2003

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Spencer and Wright 1966

Sister taxon: Berckhemeraster

Subtaxa: Trichasteropsis bielertorum Trichasteropsis senfti Trichasteropsis weissmanni

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Type: Asterias weissmanni

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Germany (16 collections), Italy (1)

Total: 17 collections including 19 occurrences

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