†Fayoumaster desmoulinsi d'Archiac 1850 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Alternative combination: Asterias desmoulinsii
Full reference: A. d'Archiac. 1850. Description des fossiles du groupe nummulitique recueillis par M. S.-P. et M. J. Delbos aux environs de Bayonne et de Dax. Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France 3(2):397-456
Belongs to Fayoumaster according to J. Roman and A. Strougo 1987
See also d'Archiac 1850
Sister taxa: Fayoumaster lamberti, Fayoumaster pharaonum
Type specimen: Location of the type material is currently unknown
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Qasr el Sagha (Eocene to Eocene of Egypt)
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