Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Synonyms: Betelgeusia Blake and Reid 1998, Cuneaster Hess 1955 [objective synonym]
Full reference: P. de Loriol. 1874. Description de quelques astérides du terrain Néocomien des environs de Neuchâtel. Mémoires de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de Neuchâtel 5:3-19
Parent taxon: Astropectinidae according to A.S. Gale 2020
See also Blake et al. 2018, Blake and Jagt 2005, Blake and Reboul 2011, Blake and Reid 1998, de Loriol 1874, Ewin and Gale 2020, Gale 2011, Hess 1955, Jagt 2000, Sepkoski 2002, Spencer and Wright 1966 and Villier 2010
Sister taxa: Advenaster, Aldebarania, Astrocratis, Astropecten, Astropectininae, Boxaster, Ctenophoraster, Dipsacaster, Eoastropecten, Eokainaster, Pentasteria, Persephonaster, Plutonaster, Prothrissacanthias, Riedaster, Tethyaster
Subtaxa: Betelgeusia brezinai Betelgeusia exposita Betelgeusia reidi Coulonia caseyi Coulonia colei Coulonia neocomiensis Coulonia parva Coulonia platispina Coulonia platyspina Cuneaster armatus Cuneaster mirabilis
Type: Coulonia neocomiensis
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of the Netherlands (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (2), France (3), Germany (1), Morocco (2), Spain (1), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (6: Texas)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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