Order Zorocallida Downey 1970 (sea star)
Alternative spelling: Zorocallina
Full reference: M. E. Downey. 1970. Zorocallida, new order, and Doraster constellatus, new genus and species, with note on the Zoroasteridae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea). Smithsonian Contribution to Zoology 64:1-18
Parent taxon: Forcipulatacea according to M. Fau and L. Villier 2023
See also Downey 1970, Eagle 2006, Ewin and Gale 2020 and Gale and Jagt 2021
Sister taxon: Trichasteropsida
Subtaxa: Protothyraster Terminaster Terminasteridae Viridisaster
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Switzerland (1 collection), United States (7: Texas)
• Jurassic of Belgium (1), France (2), Germany (1), Luxembourg (1), Switzerland (1)
Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences