Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Full reference: G. Breton. 1992. Les Goniasteridae (Asteroidea, Echinodermata) jurassiques et crétacés de France. Taphonomie, systématique, biostratigraphie, paléobiogéographie, évolution. Bulletin trimestriel de la Société géologique de Normandie et des Amis du Muséum du Havre, numéro hors série 78:1-590
Belongs to Comptoniaster according to G. Breton 1997
See also Breton 1992 and Villier 2010
Sister taxa: Comptoniaster adamsi, Comptoniaster basseti, Comptoniaster berthandi, Comptoniaster comptoni, Comptoniaster destombesi, Comptoniaster fourtaui, Comptoniaster jangouxi, Comptoniaster meyeri, Comptoniaster michaelisi, Comptoniaster peetersorum, Comptoniaster schlumbergeri, Comptoniaster sharpii, Comptoniaster spongiarum, Comptoniaster vrinensis, Comptoniaster weitschati
Type specimen: Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle of Grenoble, holotype 2501, paratypes 2502-2509. Its type locality is Asteroidea, Hauterivian,St. Pierre de Chérennes, Isère, which is in a Hauterivian offshore shelf marl in France.
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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