Asteroidea - Valvatida - Stauranderasteridae
Full reference: W. K. Spencer. 1907. A Monograph of the British Fossil Echinodermata from the Cretaceous formations. Volume second: The Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea. Paleontographical Society Monographs 2(4):91-132
Parent taxon: Stauranderasteridae according to G. Breton and D. Néraudeau 2008
See also Sepkoski 2002, Spencer 1913 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxa: Aspidaster, Lithaster, Manfredaster, Poncetaster, Stauranderaster, Stauraster
Subtaxa: Hadranderaster asperulus Hadranderaster simplex
Type: Pentaceros abbreviatus
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (2: New Jersey collections)
• Cretaceous of France (7), Spain (3)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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