Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Alternative combination: Metopaster hortensae
Full reference: W. S. Adkins and W. M. Winton. 1920. Paleontological correlation of the Fredericksburg and Washita formations in North Texas. University of Texas Bulletin 1945:1-128
Belongs to Fomalhautia according to D. B. Blake and R. Reid 1998
See also Adkins 1928, Adkins and Winton 1920 and Durham and Roberts 1948
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Texas Christian University, Holotype TCU 1083. Its type locality is Asteroidea, Reid locality 9, Dirks, Pawpaw fm, Fort Worth, which is in an Albian offshore shelf claystone in the Pawpaw Formation of Texas.
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (5: Texas collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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