Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Full reference: K. Brünnich-Nielsen. 1943. The Asteroids of the Senonian and Danian deposits of Danmark. Biologiske skrifter fra det Danske Videnskabernes Selskab 2(5):1-68
Parent taxon: Goniasterinae according to W. K. Spencer and C. W. Wright 1966
See also Brünnich-Nielsen 1943 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Goniaster, Pentagonaster, Sphaeriodiscus
Subtaxa: Recurvaster antemammillatus Recurvaster blackmorei Recurvaster lorioli Recurvaster mammillatus Recurvaster migrans Recurvaster radiatus Recurvaster spiniger
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of France (3 collections), United States (8: North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1), United States (2: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (5), Germany (1), the Netherlands (1)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
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