Chrispaulia radiatus Spencer 1905 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Goniopectinidae

Alternative combinations: Nymphaster radiatus, Spenceraster radiatus, Trachyaster radiatus

Full reference: W. K. Spencer. 1905. A monograph of the British fossil Echinodermata from the Cretaceous formations. vol. 2: The Asteroidea. Palaeontographical Society 3:67-90

Belongs to Chrispaulia according to A. S. Gale 2005

See also Breton and Decombe 1997, Gale and Jagt 2021, Lewis 1993, Spencer 1905, Spencer 1907 and Spencer 1913

Sister taxa: Chrispaulia jurassica, Chrispaulia spinosa, Chrispaulia wrightorum

Type specimen: Holotype BNHM E 375

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), the United Kingdom (4)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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