†Compsaster spiniger Wright 1880 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Ambuloasteroidea - Compsasteridae
Alternative combination: Uraster spiniger
Full reference: T. Wright. 1880. Monograph of the British fossil Echinodermata from the oolithic formations. Volume 2 - The Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea. Part 3. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society 1880:155-203
Belongs to Compsaster according to D.N. Lewis 1993
See also Spencer and Wright 1966 and Wright 1880
Sister taxon: Compsaster formosus
Type specimen: Holotype BNHM E 1642
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Compsaster spiniger in the database
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