Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Full reference: L. Villier. 2001. Systématique des astérides (Asteroidea, Echinodermata) de Tercis-les-Bains (Landes, France). Developments in Palaeontology and Stratigraphy 19:582-611
Belongs to Metopaster according to L. Villier 2001
See also Villier and Odin 2001
Sister taxa: Metopaster alexiae, Metopaster andreae, Metopaster angulatus, Metopaster bezanconi, Metopaster bignoti, Metopaster bromleyi, Metopaster calcar, Metopaster carinatus, Metopaster chilipora, 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 thoracifer, Metopaster trichilae, Metopaster tumidus, Metopaster uncatus, Ravniaster granulatus
Type specimen: Museum of Tercis-les-Bains, Holotype AST V 99-1, paratypes: AST V 99-2, AST V 16. Its type locality is Sample V 99.0, Tercis-les-Bains, which is in a Campanian offshore shelf limestone in France.
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (12 collections)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
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