†Streptaster Hall 1872
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Edrioasteroidea - Pyrgocystidae
Parent taxon: Pyrgocystidae according to C. D. Sumrall and S. Zamora 2011
See also Regnéll 1966 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Archaepyrgus, Argodiscus, Belochthus, Epipaston, Fanulodiscus, Moroccopyrgus, Pyrgocystis
Subtaxa: Streptaster nodosus Streptaster vorticellatus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Morocco (4 collections), United States (10: Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
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