Asteroidea - Valvatida - Stauranderasteridae
Full reference: K. Brünnich-Nielsen. 1943. The Asteroids of the Senonian and Danian deposits of Danmark. Biologiske skrifter fra det Danske Videnskabernes Selskab 2(5):1-68
Belongs to Stauranderaster according to J. W. M. Jagt 2000
See also Brünnich-Nielsen 1943, Rasmussen 1950, Rasmussen 1965, Rasmussen 1979 and Reich and Frenzel 2002
Sister taxa: Stauranderaster bispinosus, Stauranderaster boysii, Stauranderaster coronatus, Stauranderaster dorecki, Stauranderaster laevis, Stauranderaster mixtus, Stauranderaster pistilliferus, Stauranderaster polycirra, Stauranderaster pyramidalis, Stauranderaster sanchezi, Stauranderaster serrata, Stauranderaster speculum
Type specimen: Holotype MGUH 7533, Geological Museum of Copenhagen University
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of the Netherlands (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Germany (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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