Asteroidea - Euaxosida - Lacertasteridae

Full reference: D. B. Blake. 2018. Toward a History of the Paleozoic Asteroidea (Echinodermata). Bulletins of American Paleontology (394)1-96

Parent taxon: Euaxosida according to D. B. Blake 2018

Sister taxa: Cnemidactinidae, Devonistella, Eoactis, Helianthasteridae, Lepidasteridae, Lepidasterina, Lepyriactis, Mesopalaeasteridae, Omanasteridae, Palasterinidae, Platanasteridae, Schondorfia, Taeniactis

Subtaxa: Lacertasterias

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Type: Lacertasterias

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Lacertasterias elegans type locality, Gilmore city (Carboniferous of Iowa)

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