Asteroidea - Valvatida - Sphaerasteridae
Full reference: L. Villier. 2010. Asteroids from Barremian calciturbidites of the Serre de Bleyton (Drôme, SE France). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A 112:701-732
Belongs to Valettaster according to L. Villier 2010
See also Gale 2021
Sister taxa: Valettaster argus, Valettaster dangeardi, Valettaster digitatus, Valettaster granulatus, Valettaster ocellatus, Valettaster planus, Valettaster thuyi
Type specimen: MPUP VILL026. Its type locality is Locality 1, Serre de Bleyton, which is in a Barremian slope marl/limestone in France.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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