Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Synonym: Spenceraster Cottreau 1929 [replaced name]
Full reference: C. W. Wright. 1951. Deux genres nouveaux de stellérides mésozoïques. Compte rendu sommaire des Scéances de la Société géologique de France 282-283
Parent taxon: Goniasteridae according to W. K. Spencer and C. W. Wright 1966
See also Cottreau 1929, Sepkoski 2002 and Wright 1951
Sister taxa: Bugarachaster, Buterminaster, Caletaster, Calliaster, Calliderma, Capellia, Cenomanaster, Ceramaster, Chomataster, Cladaster, Codellaster, Comptonia, Comptoniaster, Crateraster, Cymbaster, Fayoumaster, Fomalhautia, Forbesiaster, Fredaster, Galbaster, Goniasterinae, Haccourtaster, Hessaster, Hippasteria, Hippasteriinae, Huroeaster, Leptogonium, Marocaster, Mastaster, Mediaster, Metopaster, Miopentagonaster, Nehalemia, Noviaster, Nymphaster, Ocalaster, Ogmaster, Ophryaster, Oyenaster, Pachyaster, Paragonaster, Parametopaster, Peedeeaster, Peltaster, Pentetagonaster, Pulcinellaster, Spenceraster, Talecaster, Teichaster, Tesselaster, Tomidaster, Tosia, Tylasteria, Weitschataster
Subtaxa: Cottreauaster lamarei
Type: Spenceraster lamarei
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Echinodermata, Upper Bathonian, Alençon, Orne, France (Jurassic of France)
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