†family Xenasteridae Gregory 1899 (sea star)
Full reference: J. W. Gregory. 1899. On Lindstromaster and the classification of Palaeasterids. Geological Magazine 6:341-354
Parent taxon: Pustulosida according to D. B. Blake 1989
Sister taxa: Bimarginalina, Mesopalaeasterinae, Palaeasteraceae, Palaeasteridae, Petrasteridae, Promopalaeasteraceae, Schuchertiidae
Subtaxa: Agalmaster, Eifelaster, Palaeostella, Rhenaster, Trimeraster, Xenaster
Type: Xenaster
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore