Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Synonym: Cuneaster hauteriviensis Hess 1955
Full reference: P. de Loriol. 1874. Description de quelques astérides du terrain Néocomien des environs de Neuchâtel. Mémoires de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de Neuchâtel 5:3-19
Belongs to Coulonia according to T.A.M. Ewin and A.S. Gale 2020
See also de Loriol 1874, Hess 1955, Hess 1970, Hess 1975, Spencer and Wright 1966 and Villier 2010
Sister taxa: Coulonia caseyi, Coulonia colei, Coulonia parva, Coulonia platispina, Coulonia platyspina, Betelgeusia brezinai, Betelgeusia exposita, Betelgeusia reidi, Cuneaster mirabilis, Cuneaster armatus
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (3 collections), Switzerland (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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