Ophiuroidea - Oegophiurida - Lapworthuridae
Full reference: J. W. Gregory. 1897. On the classification of the Palaeozoic echinoderms of the group Ophiuroidea. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1896:1028-1044
Parent taxon: Lapworthuridae according to A. Glass and M. Poschmann 2006
See also Dean Shackleton 2005, Owen 1965, Schuchert 1915, Sepkoski 2002, Spencer 1925 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxa: Hallaster, Miospondylus, Ophiopolytretus
Subtaxa: Lapworthura lehmanni Lapworthura miltoni Lapworthura sollasi
Type: Protaster miltoni
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (1 collection), Germany (1)
• Silurian of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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