Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Aganasteridae
Full reference: S. A. Miller and W.F.E. Gurley. 1891. Description of some new genera and species of Echinodermata from the Coal Measures and Subcarboniferous rocks of Indiana, Missouri, and Iowa. Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources, 16th Annual Report 327-373
Parent taxon: Aganasteridae according to P. Jell 1997
See also Owen 1965, Schuchert 1915, Sepkoski 2002, Spencer 1925, Spencer and Wright 1966 and Stürtz 1899
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Aganaster fujianensis Aganaster gregarius Aganaster huaanensis
Type: Protaster gregarius
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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