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 W. K. Spencer and C. W. Wright 1966
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Spencer 1913
Sister taxa: Aspidaster, Hadranderaster, Lithaster, Manfredaster, Poncetaster, Stauraster
Subtaxa: Stauranderaster bispinosus Stauranderaster boysii Stauranderaster coronatus Stauranderaster dorecki Stauranderaster laevis Stauranderaster miliaris Stauranderaster mixtus Stauranderaster pistilliferus Stauranderaster polycirra Stauranderaster pyramidalis Stauranderaster sanchezi Stauranderaster serrata Stauranderaster speculum
Type: Oreaster coronatus
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Cuba (1 collection)
• Paleocene of the Netherlands (1)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of the Netherlands (1)
• Cretaceous of the Czech Republic (2), France (10), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (3)
• Jurassic of Switzerland (1)
Total: 20 collections including 21 occurrences
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