Family Goniopectinidae Verrill 1899 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Goniopectinidae

Full reference: A. E. Verrill. 1899. Revision of certain genera and species of starfishes with description of new forms. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 10:145-234

Parent taxon: Cribellina according to A. S. Gale 2011

See also Blake 1989, Fisher 1911, Gale 1987, Gale 2011, Gale and Jagt 2021, Mah and Blake 2012 and Spencer and Wright 1966

Sister taxon: Porcellanasteridae

Subtaxa: Chrispaulia

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Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), the United Kingdom (4)

• Jurassic of France (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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