Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Synonym: Tylaster Spencer 1913 [replaced name]
Full reference: A. Valette. 1929. Note sur quelques stellerides jurassiques du laboratoire de géologie de la faculté des sciences de Lyon. Travaux du Laboratoire de Géologique de la Faculté des Sciences de Lyon 16(13):1-62
Parent taxon: Goniasteridae according to G. Breton 1992
See also Gale 2011, Gale 2011, Hess 1972, Sepkoski 2002, Spencer 1913, Spencer and Wright 1966 and Valette 1929
Sister taxa: Bugarachaster, Buterminaster, Caletaster, Calliaster, Calliderma, Capellia, Cenomanaster, Ceramaster, Chomataster, Cladaster, Codellaster, Comptonia, Comptoniaster, Cottreauaster, 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, Weitschataster
Subtaxa: Tylasteria aalensis Tylasteria jurensis Tylasteria luciensis Tylasteria prisca
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (8 collections), Germany (2), Switzerland (1)
Total: 11 collections including 12 occurrences
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