Asteroidea - Valvatida - Stauranderasteridae
Alternative combinations: Oreaster coronatus, Pentaceros coronatus
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 Stauranderaster according to W. K. Spencer and C. W. Wright 1966
See also Carpenter 1882, Dujardin and Hupé 1862, Forbes 1848, Forbes 1850, Lewis 1993, Smith et al. 1988, Spencer 1905, Spencer 1907, Spencer 1913 and Valette 1915
Sister taxa: Stauranderaster bispinosus, Stauranderaster boysii, Stauranderaster dorecki, Stauranderaster laevis, Stauranderaster miliaris, Stauranderaster mixtus, Stauranderaster pistilliferus, Stauranderaster polycirra, Stauranderaster pyramidalis, Stauranderaster sanchezi, Stauranderaster serrata, Stauranderaster speculum
Type specimen: Natural History Museum, London, holotype BNHM OR 35480
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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