Nymphaster fontis Breton and Vizcaïno 1997 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Full reference: G. Breton and D. Vizcaïno. 1997. Astérides (Echinodermata) de l'Ilerdien moyen (Yprésien) des Corbières (Aude, France) : systématique, relations paléobiogéographiques et évolutives. Bulletin de la Société d'Etudes Scientifiques de l'Aude 97:11-28

Belongs to Nymphaster according to J.W.M. Jagt et al. 2021

See also Breton and Vizcaïno 1997

Sister taxa: Nymphaster albensis, Nymphaster alseni, Nymphaster arduennensis, Nymphaster coombii, Nymphaster dutempleanus, Nymphaster humilis, Nymphaster magistrorum, Nymphaster marginatus, Nymphaster miocenicus, Nymphaster mudzborgh, Nymphaster obtusus, Nymphaster ornatus, Nymphaster peakei, Nymphaster rectus, Nymphaster spenceri, Nymphaster studlandensis, Nymphaster wrighti

Type specimen: Holotype MHNH 8942, paratypes MHNH 8943-8947. Its type locality is Middle Ilerdien, Fontcouverte, Aude, which is in a Ypresian offshore marl in the Marnes de Foncouverte Formation of France.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Middle Ilerdien, Fontcouverte, Aude

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