Alternative combination: Palaeaster finei
Full reference: E. O. Ulrich. 1879. Descriptions of new genera and species of fossils from the Lower Silurian about Cincinnati. Journal of Cincinnati Society of Natural History 2(1):8-30
Belongs to Mesopalaeaster according to C. Schuchert 1915
Sister taxa: Hudsonaster australis, Hudsonaster carectum, Hudsonaster incomptus, Hudsonaster matutinus, Hudsonaster milleri, Hudsonaster narrawayi, Hudsonaster ordovicus, Hudsonaster rugosus, Mesopalaeaster shafferi, Mesopalaeaster intermedius, Mesopalaeaster lanceolatus, Mesopalaeaster proavitus, Mesopalaeaster wilberanus, Mesopalaeaster dubius, Mesopalaeaster antiquus, Mesopalaeaster parviusculus, Mesopalaeaster cataractensis, Mesopalaeaster granti, Mesopalaeaster bellulus, Mesopalaeaster acuminatus, Mesopalaeaster clarki, Mesopalaeaster primus, Mesopalaeaster complicatus
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore