Ophiuroidea - Oegophiurida - Protasteridae
Synonyms: Eoluidia Stürtz 1886, Eophiurites Stürtz 1899, Palaespondylus Stürtz 1899, Palastropecten Stürtz 1886, Rhodostoma Sollas and Sollas 1912, Squamaster Ringueberg 1886, Sympterura Bather 1905
Full reference: B. Stürtz. 1886. Über paläozoische Sesterne. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie 2:142-154
Parent taxon: Protasteridae according to J. Dean Shackleton 2005
See also Bather 1905, Boczarowski 2001, Haude and Thomas 1983, Lehmann 1957, Owen 1965, Schuchert 1915, Sepkoski 2002, Spencer 1925 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxa: Astutuaster, Budenbachia, Chattaster, Drepanaster, Eugasterella, Gamiroaster, Gregoriura, Hypophiura, Mastigophiura, Palaeophiura, Protaster, Protasterinae, Strataster, Taeniaster, Weigeltura
Subtaxa: Furcaster aequoreus Furcaster cataphractus Furcaster daoulasensis Furcaster decheni Furcaster leptosoma Furcaster palaeozoicus Furcaster trepidans Furcaster zitteli
Type: Furcaster palaeozoicus
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Givetian of Poland (1 collection)
• Devonian of Argentina (1), Germany (5), Poland (24), United States (1: Montana)
• Silurian of the United Kingdom (4)
Total: 36 collections including 39 occurrences
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