Coulonia platispina Hess and Blake 1995 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae

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 L. Villier et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Coulonia caseyi, Coulonia colei, Coulonia neocomiensis, Coulonia parva, Coulonia platyspina, Cuneaster armatus, Cuneaster mirabilis, Betelgeusia brezinai, Betelgeusia reidi, Betelgeusia exposita

Type specimen: Natural History Museum Basel, M 9925.. Its type locality is Tillelt beach, which is in a Barremian offshore sandstone/marl in Morocco.

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Coulonia platispina in the database

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