Asteroidea - Forcipulatida - Asteriidae

Full reference: D. B. Blake. 1990. Hettangian Asteriidae (Asteroidea: Echinodermata) from southern Germany: taxonomy, phylogeny and life habits. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 64(1/2):103-123

Parent taxon: Asteriidae according to A. S. Gale 2011

See also Blake 1990 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Asteriinae, Cretasterias, Dermasterinae, Hystrixasterias, Pegaster, Polarasterias, Savignasterias, Sclerasterias

Subtaxa: Germanasterias amplipapularia

view classification

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Asteroidea, Göppingen, Angulata zone (Jurassic of Germany)

Show more details

Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.