Asteroidea - Valvatida - Sphaerasteridae
Alternative combinations: Oreaster ocellatus, Pentaceros ocellatus, Stauranderaster ocellatus, Tholaster ocellatus
Full reference: E. Forbes. 1848. On the Asteriadae found fossil in British strata. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology in London 2(2):457-482
Belongs to Valettaster according to A.S. Gale 2021
See also Breton 1985, Breton 1986, Brünnich-Nielsen 1943, Carpenter 1882, Forbes 1848, Forbes 1850, Helm 1997, Jagt 2000, Lewis 1993, Mercier 1935, Quenstedt 1876, Rasmussen 1950, Rasmussen 1979, Reich and Frenzel 2002, Smith et al. 1988, Spencer 1905, Spencer 1907, Spencer 1913, Spencer and Wright 1966, Valette 1915 and Villier 2001
Sister taxa: Valettaster argus, Valettaster dangeardi, Valettaster digitatus, Valettaster granulatus, Valettaster planus, Valettaster stipes, Valettaster thuyi
Type specimen: Natural History Museum, London, holotype BNHM E 2571
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of the Netherlands (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (2), Czechia (2), France (10), the Netherlands (2), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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