Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Full reference: D. B. Blake. 2010. Comptoniaster adamsi nov. sp. (Echinodermata, Asteroidea) from the middle Cretaceous of Texas and its phylogenetic position. Geobios 43:179-190
Belongs to Comptoniaster according to D. B. Blake 2010
Sister taxa: Comptoniaster basseti, Comptoniaster berthandi, Comptoniaster comptoni, Comptoniaster destombesi, Comptoniaster fourtaui, Comptoniaster godeti, Comptoniaster jangouxi, Comptoniaster meyeri, Comptoniaster michaelisi, Comptoniaster peetersorum, Comptoniaster schlumbergeri, Comptoniaster sharpii, Comptoniaster spongiarum, Comptoniaster vrinensis, Comptoniaster weitschati
Type specimen: Texas Memorial Museum NPL 31736
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at McInnish Park, Coppell (Cretaceous of Texas)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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