Asteroidea - Valvatida - Oreasteridae
Full reference: W. K. Fisher. 1911. Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. 1 - Phanerozonia and Spinulosa. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 76:1-420
Parent taxon: Valvatida according to D. B. Blake 1989
See also Gale 1987, Gale 2011, Mah and Blake 2012 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxa: Acanthasteridae, Archasteridae, Asteriaceros, Asterinidae, Asterodiscididae, Asteropseidae, Chaetasteridae, Ganeriidae, Geinitzaster, Goniasteridae, Goniasteroidea, Granulosina, Leptaster, Mithrodiidae, Odontasteridae, Ophidiasteridae, Poraniidae, Pycinasteridae, Sphaerasteridae, Stauranderasteridae, Tumulosina
Subtaxa: Anthenea Culcita Goniodiscaster Oreaster
Type: Oreaster
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Germany (1 collection)
• Pliocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Eocene of Antarctica (1), Mexico (1)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1)
• Jurassic of Germany (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence