Asteroidea - Euaxosida - Mesopalaeasteridae
Full reference: D. B. Blake. 2018. Toward a History of the Paleozoic Asteroidea (Echinodermata). Bulletins of American Paleontology (394)1-96
Parent taxon: Mesopalaeaster according to D. B. Blake 2018
Sister taxa: Mesopalaeaster antiquus, Mesopalaeaster bellulus, Mesopalaeaster cataractensis, Mesopalaeaster clarki, Mesopalaeaster complicatus, Mesopalaeaster dubius, Mesopalaeaster finei, Mesopalaeaster granti, Mesopalaeaster intermedius, Mesopalaeaster lanceolatus, Mesopalaeaster parviusculus, Mesopalaeaster primus, Mesopalaeaster shafferi, Mesopalaeaster wilberanus
Subtaxa: Mesopalaeaster (Hemipalaeaster) schucherti
Type: Hemipalaeaster schucherti
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Mesopalaeaster (Hemipalaeaster) in the database