Betelgeusia reidi Blake and Reid 1998 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae

Full reference: D. B. Blake and R. Reid. 1998. Some Albian (Cretaceous) asteroids (Echinodermata) from Texas and their paleobiological implications. Journal of Paleontology 72(3):512-532

Belongs to Betelgeusia according to D. B. Blake and R. Reid 1998

See also Gale 2011

Sister taxa: Coulonia caseyi, Coulonia colei, Coulonia neocomiensis, Coulonia parva, Coulonia platispina, Coulonia platyspina, Cuneaster mirabilis, Cuneaster armatus, Betelgeusia brezinai, Betelgeusia exposita

Type specimen: Southern Methodist University, Holotype SMU 30042, oaratypes SMU 30043-30058

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (6: Texas collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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