Vandelooaster Jell 1997

Ophiuroidea - Cheiropterasteridae

Alternative spelling: Vandelcoaster

Full reference: P. Jell. 1997. Early Carboniferous ophiuroids from Crawfordsville, Indiana. Journal of Paleontology 71(2):306-316

Parent taxon: Cheiropterasteridae according to P. Jell 1997

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Villier 2010

Sister taxon: Hexuraster

Subtaxa: Vandelooaster plicatilis

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Type: Vandelooaster plicatilis

Distribution: found only at Inexact locality near Crawfordsville, unknown formation, Montgomery Co., Indiana (Carboniferous of Indiana)

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