Comptoniaster adamsi Blake 2010 (sea star)

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)

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