Somasteroidea - Chinianasteridae
Full reference: M. Thoral. 1935. Contribution à l'étude paléontologique de l'Ordovicien inférieur de la Montagne Noire et révision sommaire de la faune cambrienne de la Montagne Noire. Imprimerie de la Charité, Montpellier 1-362
Belongs to Chinianaster according to J. Dean Shackleton 2005
See also Blake and Guensburg 2015, Owen 1965, Spencer 1951, Spencer and Wright 1966 and Thoral 1935
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Lectotype FSL 168691. Its type locality is Layer F, Saint-Chinian, Montagne Noire, which is in a Tremadocian deep subtidal shelf claystone/siltstone in the Saint-Chinian Formation of France.
Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Arenig of France (1 collection)
• Ordovician of France (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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