Echinoidea - Holasteroida - Holasteridae
Parent taxon: Holasteridae according to O. I. Shmidt 1976
See also Clark and Twitchell 1915, Cooke 1942, Cooke 1959, Sepkoski 2002 and Wagner and Durham 1966
Sister taxa: Aurelianaster, Basseaster, Cardiaster, Cardiotaxis, Cibaster, Duncaniaster, Echinocorys, Entomaster, Galeaster, Ganbirretia, Garumnaster, Giraliaster, Guettaria, Hagenowia, Hemipneustes, Infulaster, Ismidaster, Jeronia, Labrotaxis, Lampadaster, Lampadocorys, Messaoudia, Offaster, Opisopneustes, Paronaster, Pseudananchys, Pseudoffaster, Pseudoholaster, Rispolia, Scagliaster, Stegaster, Taphraster, Tholaster, Titanaster, Toxopatagus, Zumoffenia
Subtaxa: Holaster cinctus Holaster dombeensis Holaster feralis Holaster indicus Holaster marginalis Holaster nodulosus Holaster simplex Holaster tanamensis
Ecology: semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Denmark (1 collection), United States (4: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of Angola (2), Brazil (2), the Dominican Republic (1), France (146), Germany (5), Madagascar (2), Mexico (3), Mozambique (3), Portugal (2), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia (1), Spain (9), Switzerland (11), the United Kingdom (34), United States (5: Colorado, Texas)
Total: 232 collections including 278 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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