Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Alternative combinations: Metopaster sharpii, Stellaster sharpii
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, Breton 1997, Breton 1997, Lewis 1993, Nicklès 1887 and Wright 1880
Sister taxa: Comptoniaster adamsi, Comptoniaster basseti, Comptoniaster berthandi, Comptoniaster comptoni, Comptoniaster destombesi, Comptoniaster fourtaui, Comptoniaster godeti, Comptoniaster jangouxi, Comptoniaster meyeri, Comptoniaster michaelisi, Comptoniaster peetersorum, Comptoniaster schlumbergeri, Comptoniaster spongiarum, Comptoniaster vrinensis, Comptoniaster weitschati
Type specimen: Natural History Museum, London, holotype BNHM OR 75792
Distribution: found only at Asteroidea, Calcaires à Polypiers, Haut-de-Chèvre, Meurthe-et-Moselle (Jurassic of France)
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