Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Alternative combination: Comptonia fourtaui

Full reference: P. de Loriol. 1909. Note sur quelques stellérides du Santonien d'Abou-Roach. Bulletin de l'Institut Egyptien 5(2):169-184

Belongs to Comptoniaster according to G. Breton 1992

See also Breton 1983, de Loriol 1909 and Fourtau 1914

Sister taxa: Comptoniaster adamsi, Comptoniaster basseti, Comptoniaster berthandi, Comptoniaster comptoni, Comptoniaster destombesi, Comptoniaster godeti, Comptoniaster jangouxi, Comptoniaster meyeri, Comptoniaster michaelisi, Comptoniaster peetersorum, Comptoniaster schlumbergeri, Comptoniaster sharpii, Comptoniaster spongiarum, Comptoniaster vrinensis, Comptoniaster weitschati

Type specimen: Geological Museum, Cairo, n°784

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Abou Roach (Cretaceous of Egypt)

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