Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Alternative combination: Teichaster reticulatus
Full reference: M. G. Schulz and W. Weitschat. 1981. Phylogenie und Stratigraphie der Asteroideen der norddeutschen Schreikreide. Teil 2: Crateraster/Teichaster-Gruppe und Gattung Ophryaster. Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 51:27-42
Belongs to Crateraster according to M. Reich and P. Frenzel 2002
See also Gale 1987, Jagt 2000 and Schulz and Weitschat 1981
Sister taxa: Crateraster debrisi, Crateraster dubusi, Crateraster favosus, Crateraster fourayae, Crateraster grignonensis, Crateraster lamberti, Crateraster multiplacus, Crateraster poritoides, Crateraster quinqueloba, Crateraster rotundus, Crateraster texensis, Austinaster mccarteri
Type specimen: Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institute, University of Hamburg
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Belgium (2 collections), Germany (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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