†family Aganasteridae Stürtz 1899 (brittle star)

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Aganasteridae

Alternative spelling: Aganasterinae

Full reference: E. Stürtz. 1899. Ein weiter Beitrag zur Kenntnis paläozoischer Asteroiden. Verhandlungen des Naturhistorischen vereins der preussischen Rheinlande und Westfalens 56:176-240

Parent taxon: Chilophiurina according to P. Jell 1997

See also Lehmann 1957, Owen 1965, Schuchert 1915, Spencer 1925 and Spencer and Wright 1966

Sister taxa: Dermocomidae, Ophiurinidae

Subtaxa: Aganaster

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Type: Aganaster

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

Distribution:

• Permian of China (2 collections)

• Carboniferous of Poland (1), United States (6: Indiana)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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