Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Alternative combinations: Asterias chilipora, Pentetagonaster chilipora, Pentetagonaster chiliporus
Full reference: C. Desmoulins. 1832. Catalogue descriptif des stelléridés vivantes et fossiles observées jusqu'à ce jour dans le département de la Gironde, dans l'arrondissement subsidaire de la société linnéenne de Bordeaux et dans le département de la Dordogne. Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 5:183-206
Belongs to Metopaster according to G. Breton 1992
See also Beltrémieux 1866, Breton 1978, Breton 1997, Coquand 1862, d'Orbigny 1850, Desmoulins 1832, Destombes 1997, Forbes 1848, Gale 1987, Valette 1925, Villier 1995, Villier 2001 and Villier and Odin 2001
Sister taxa: Metopaster alexiae, Metopaster andreae, Metopaster angulatus, Metopaster bezanconi, Metopaster bignoti, Metopaster bromleyi, Metopaster calcar, Metopaster carinatus, Metopaster continuus, Metopaster dividuus, Metopaster downendensis, Metopaster duvergieri, Metopaster elegans, Metopaster elevatus, Metopaster elongatus, Metopaster hunteri, Metopaster hypertelicus, Metopaster icenicus, Metopaster kagstrupensis, Metopaster laevis, Metopaster lisanae, Metopaster loirensis, Metopaster maculatus, Metopaster medius, Metopaster meudonensis, Metopaster miloni, Metopaster montainvillensis, Metopaster parkinsoni, Metopaster polyplacus, Metopaster poulsenii, Metopaster praetumidus, Metopaster rugissimus, Metopaster schulzi, Metopaster spencerii, Metopaster stratifera, Metopaster tamarae, Metopaster teilhardi, Metopaster tenneseensis, Metopaster tercensis, Metopaster thoracifer, Metopaster trichilae, Metopaster tumidus, Metopaster uncatus, Ravniaster granulatus
Type specimen: Museum of Bordeaux, Holotype n°253
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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