Order Notomyotida Ludwig 1910 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Notomyotida

Full reference: H. Ludwig. 1910. Nomyota, eine neue Ordnung der Seesterne. Sitzungsberichte der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 23:435-466

Parent taxon: Valvatacea according to D. B. Blake 1989

See also Gale 1987 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Carniaster, Paxillosida, Valvatida

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore-deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Rügen Island, White Chalk (Cretaceous of Germany)

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