Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Alternative combinations: Stellaster berthandi, Tylasteria berthandi
Full reference: T. Wright. 1880. Monograph of the British fossil Echinodermata from the oolithic formations. Volume 2 - The Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea. Part 3. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society 1880:155-203
Belongs to Comptoniaster according to G. Breton 1992
See also Breton 1983, Gale 2011, Hess 1972, Hess 1973 and Wright 1880
Sister taxa: Comptoniaster adamsi, Comptoniaster basseti, Comptoniaster comptoni, Comptoniaster destombesi, Comptoniaster fourtaui, Comptoniaster godeti, Comptoniaster jangouxi, Comptoniaster meyeri, Comptoniaster michaelisi, Comptoniaster peetersorum, Comptoniaster schlumbergeri, Comptoniaster sharpii, Comptoniaster spongiarum, Comptoniaster vrinensis, Comptoniaster weitschati
Type specimen: Casts available in several european institutions
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Echinoderms, Oberer Hauptrogenstein, Late Bajocian, Schinznach, Aargau (Jurassic of Switzerland)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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