Crateraster favosus Spencer 1913

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

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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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