†Heropyrgus disterminus Briggs et al. 2017
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Edrioasteroidea - Edrioasterida - Rhenopyrgidae
Full reference: D. E. Briggs, D. J. Siveter, D. J. Siveter, M. D. Sutton, and I. A. Rahman. 2017. An edrioasteroid from the Silurian Herefordshire Lagerstätte of England reveals the nature of the water vascular system in an extinct echinoderm. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284(1862):20171189
Belongs to Heropyrgus according to D. E. Briggs et al. 2017
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: OUMNH C.36043
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Herefordshire Konservat-Lagerstätte (Silurian of the United Kingdom)
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