Streptaster Hall 1872

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

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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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