†subfamily Mesopalaeasterinae Schuchert 1915 (sea star)
Full reference: C. Schuchert. 1915. Revision of Paleozoic Stelleroidea with special reference to North American Asteroidea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 88:1-311
Parent taxon: Pustulosida according to D. B. Blake 1989
Sister taxa: Bimarginalina, Palaeasteraceae, Palaeasteridae, Petrasteridae, Promopalaeasteraceae, Schuchertiidae, Xenasteridae
Subtaxa: Arisaigaster, Devonaster, Miomaster
Type: Mesopalaeaster
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore