Asteroidea - Pustulosida - Xenasteridae

Synonym: Palaenectria Stürtz 1893

Full reference: B. Stürtz. 1890. Neuer Beitrag zur Kenntniss paläozoischer Seesterne. Palaeontographica 36:203-247

Parent taxon: Xenasteridae according to W. K. Spencer and C.W. Wright 1966

Sister taxa: Agalmaster, Eifelaster, Rhenaster, Trimeraster, Xenaster

Subtaxa: Palaeostella solida

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Type: Palaeostella solida

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore