Inyoaster Phleger, Jr. 1936 (brittle star)

Ophiuroidea - Oegophiurida - Palaeophiuridae

Full reference: F. B. Phleger, Jr. 1936. An Ordovician auluroid from California. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 35:82-83

Parent taxon: Palaeophioridae according to F. B. Phleger 1936

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Inyoaster bradleyi

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Type: Inyoaster bradleyi

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Inyoaster bradleyi type locality (Ordovician of California)

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