Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Alternative combination: Chomataster studlandensis
Full reference: M. G. Schulz and W. Weitschat. 1975. Phylogenie und Stratigraphie der Asteroideen der norddeutschen Schreikreide. Teil 1: Metopaster/Recurvaster und Calliderma/Chomataster-Gruppe. Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 44:249-284
Belongs to Nymphaster according to G. Breton 1992
See also Gale 1987, Gale 1989, Jagt 1999, Jagt 2000, Jagt et al. 2021 and Schulz and Weitschat 1975
Sister taxa: Nymphaster albensis, Nymphaster alseni, Nymphaster arduennensis, Nymphaster coombii, Nymphaster dutempleanus, Nymphaster fontis, Nymphaster humilis, Nymphaster magistrorum, Nymphaster marginatus, Nymphaster miocenicus, Nymphaster mudzborgh, Nymphaster obtusus, Nymphaster ornatus, Nymphaster peakei, Nymphaster rectus, Nymphaster spenceri, Nymphaster wrighti
Type specimen: Natural History Museum, London, collection Wright n°9533
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Belgium (2 collections), France (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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