†Capellia mauricei Blake and Reid 1998 (sea star)
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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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