Cottreauaster lamarei Cottreau 1929 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Alternative combinations: Cottreausaster lamarei, Spenceraster lamarei

Full reference: J. Cottreau. 1929. Echinodermes du Bradfordien des environs d'Alençon (Orne). Compte rendu sommaire et bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 4(29):463-469

Belongs to Cottreauaster according to G. Breton 1992

See also Cottreau 1929, Mercier 1935, Spencer and Wright 1966 and Wright 1951

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, lectotype MHNH R 63 998. Its type locality is Echinodermata, Upper Bathonian, Alençon, Orne, France, which is in a Bathonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in France.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Echinodermata, Upper Bathonian, Alençon, Orne, France

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