Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Full reference: J. W. M. Jagt. 2000. Late Cretaceous-Early Paleocene echinoderms and the K/T boundary in the southeast Netherlands and the northeast Belgium. - part 5: Asteroids. Scripta Geologica 21:377-503
Belongs to Comptoniaster according to J. W. M. Jagt 2000
Sister taxa: Comptoniaster adamsi, Comptoniaster basseti, Comptoniaster berthandi, Comptoniaster comptoni, Comptoniaster destombesi, Comptoniaster fourtaui, Comptoniaster godeti, Comptoniaster jangouxi, Comptoniaster meyeri, Comptoniaster michaelisi, Comptoniaster schlumbergeri, Comptoniaster sharpii, Comptoniaster spongiarum, Comptoniaster vrinensis, Comptoniaster weitschati
Type specimen: Natuurhitorisch Museum Maastricht, Holotype JJ 11438
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Echinoderms, Zeven Wegen, Gulpen, Lixhe (Cretaceous of Belgium)
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