†Rhopalocoma Salter 1857
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Stenuroidea - Proturina - Rhopalocomidae
Alternative spelling: Palaeocoma (Rhopalocoma)
Full reference: J. W. Salter. 1857. On some new Palaeozoic star-fishes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 20:321-334
Parent taxon: Rhopalocomidae according to D. B. Blake 2013
See also Dean Shackleton 2005, Owen 1965, Salter 1857, Schuchert 1915, Sepkoski 2002, Spencer 1940, Spencer 1951 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxa: Archophiactis, Tribulosaster
Subtaxa: Rhopalocoma pyrotechnica
Type: Palaeocoma (Rhopalocoma) pyrotechnica
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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