†Eosphaeraster Gale 2021 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Valvatida - Sphaerasteridae
Full reference: A.S. Gale. 2021. Taxonomy and phylogeny of the ‘football stars’ (Asteroidea, Sphaerasteridae). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 19(10):691-741
Parent taxon: Sphaerasteridae according to A.S. Gale 2021
Sister taxa: Bulbosphaeraster, Echinosphaeraster, Pouzaster, Rugosphaeraster, Sphaeraster, Testudinaster, Valettaster
Subtaxa: Eosphaeraster amellagensis
Type: Eosphaeraster amellagensis
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Eosphaeraster in the database
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