Class

Asteroidea Blainville, 1830

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Selection of related publications

Tinn, O., Ainsaar, L. 2014. Asterozoan pedicellariae and ossicles revealed from the Middle Ordovician of Baltica..Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 59 , 2,353-358. DOI:10.4202/app.2012.0034

Blake, D. B., Rozhnov, S. 2007. Aspects of life mode among Ordovician asteroids: Implications of new specimen from Baltica.Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 52 , 3,519-533.

Hansen, T., Bruton, D. L., Jakobsen. L. 2005. Starfish from the Ordovician of the Oslo Region, Norway.Norwegian Journal of Geology 85 , 3,209-216.

Franzén, C. 1979. Echinoderms.Sveriges Geologiska Undersökning 73 , 3,216-224. Lower Wenlock faunal and floral dynamics - Vattenfallet section, Gotland , pp. 216-224.

List of species

1. Cnemidactis osloensis Hansen, Bruton et Jakobsen, 2005 | Middle Ordovician

2. Estoniaster maennili Blake et Rozhnov, 2007 | Keila Stage

3. Urasterella ruthveni Forbes, 1848 | Wenlock→Ludlow

Klassificering

Organism group	Biota
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Echinodermata
Subphylum	Eleutherozoa
Class	Asteroidea
Order	Platyasterida
Class	Echinoidea
	Edrioasteroidea
	Holothuroidea
	Ophiocistoidea
	Ophiuroidea