Asteroidea - Spinulosida - Korethrasteridae

Full reference: A. B. Smith and T.H. Tranter. 1985. Protremaster, a new lower jurassic genus of asteroid from Antarctica. Geological Magazine 122(4):351-359

Parent taxon: Korethrasteridae according to A.S. Gale 2018

See also Gale 2011, Sepkoski 2002 and Smith and Tranter 1985

Sister taxa: Becuaster, Furculaster, Kutscheraster, Peribolaster, Thuyaster

Subtaxa: Protremaster universalis

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Type: Protremaster universalis

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore-detritivore

Distribution: found only at locality KG 2986, Lully Foothills (Jurassic of Antarctica)

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