Family Zoroasteridae Sladen 1889 (sea star)
Asteroidea - Forcipulatida - Zoroasteridae
Full reference: W. P. Sladen. 1889. The Asteroidea. Report of the Scientific Results of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Challenger 1873-1876, Zoology 30:1-935
Parent taxon: Forcipulatida according to D. B. Blake 1989
See also Downey 1970, Eagle 2006, Ewin and Gale 2020, Gale 1987, Gale 2011, Mah and Blake 2012 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxa: Asteriadina, Asteriidae, Brisingida, Heliasteridae, Labidiasteridae, Neomorphasteridae, Pedicellasteridae, Psammaster, Stichasteridae
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Antarctica (15 collections), New Zealand (1)
• Cretaceous of Morocco (1)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence