Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Alternative combination: Teichaster favosus
Full reference: W. K. Spencer. 1913. The evolution of Cretaceous Asteroidea. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, serie B 204:99-177
Belongs to Crateraster according to M. Reich and P. Frenzel 2002
See also Gale 1987, Jagt 2000, Lewis 1993, Schulz and Weitschat 1981, Spencer 1913 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxa: Crateraster debrisi, Crateraster dubusi, Crateraster fourayae, Crateraster grignonensis, Crateraster lamberti, Crateraster multiplacus, Crateraster poritoides, Crateraster quinqueloba, Crateraster reticulatus, Crateraster rotundus, Crateraster texensis, Austinaster mccarteri
Subtaxa: Teichaster favosus retiformis
Type specimen: Natural History Museum, holotype BNHM E 13238, paratype BNHM E 13300
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Denmark (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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