†Pentetagonaster malbosii d'Orbigny 1850 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Full reference: A. d'Orbigny. 1850. Prodrome du paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques et rayonnés faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphique 2:1-428
Belongs to Pentetagonaster according to J. Cottreau 1935
See also d'Orbigny 1850
Sister taxon: Pentetagonaster fleuriausa
Type specimen: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, d'Orbigny collection, n°5249a
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Berriasian stratotype -beds 191-196 (Cretaceous of France)
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