Forbesiaster wrighti de Loriol 1909 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Synonym: Pachyaster aegypticus de Loriol 1909

Full reference: P. de Loriol. 1909. Note sur quelques stellérides du Santonien d'Abou-Roach. Bulletin de l'Institut Egyptien 5(2):169-184

Belongs to Forbesiaster according to W. K. Spencer and C. W. Wright 1966

See also de Loriol 1909 and Fourtau 1914

Sister taxon: Forbesiaster gaensis

Type specimens:

  • Forbesiaster wrighti: Geological Museum, Cairo, n°785
  • Pachyaster aegypticus: Geological Museum, Cairo.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Abou Roach (Cretaceous of Egypt)

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