Capellia mauricei Blake and Reid 1998 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Full reference: D. B. Blake and R. Reid. 1998. Some Albian (Cretaceous) asteroids (Echinodermata) from Texas and their paleobiological implications. Journal of Paleontology 72(3):512-532

Belongs to Capellia according to D. B. Blake and R. Reid 1998

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Southern Methodist University, Holotype SMU 30021, Paratype SMU 30062-30065. Its type locality is South of Fossil Ridge Circle, which is in an Albian offshore mudstone in the Pawpaw Formation of Texas.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at South of Fossil Ridge Circle

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