Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Synonym: Betelgeusia orientalis Blake and Reboul 2011
Full reference: H. Hess and D. B. Blake. 1995. Coulonia platyspina n. sp., a new astropectinid sea star from the Lower Cretaceous of Morocco. Eclogae geologicae Helvetiae 88(3):777-788
Belongs to Coulonia according to T.A.M. Ewin and A.S. Gale 2020
See also Blake and Reboul 2011, Hess and Blake 1995 and Villier et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Coulonia caseyi, Coulonia colei, Coulonia neocomiensis, Coulonia parva, Coulonia platispina, Cuneaster mirabilis, Cuneaster armatus, Betelgeusia reidi, Betelgeusia brezinai, Betelgeusia exposita
Type specimens:
- Coulonia platyspina: Natural History Museum Basel, M 9925.. Its type locality is Tillelt beach, which is in a Barremian offshore sandstone/marl in Morocco.
- Betelgeusia orientalis: Holotype MHNT. PAL.2010.2.1A–1G.
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Morocco (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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