Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Full reference: S. Weller. 1905. A fossil starfish from the Cretaceous of Wyoming. Journal of Geology 13(3):257-288

Belongs to Pentagonaster according to D. B. Blake and B.S. Kues 2002

See also Branson 1947, Clark and Twitchell 1915, Durham and Roberts 1948 and Weller 1905

Sister taxa: Pentagonaster muelleri, Goniaster (Astrogonium) stokesii, Goniaster (Astrogonium) marginatus

Type specimen: Walker Museum, Chicago

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pentagonaster browni in the database

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.