Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Full reference: M. G. Schulz and W. Weitschat. 1975. Phylogenie und Stratigraphie der Asteroideen der norddeutschen Schreikreide. Teil 1: Metopaster/Recurvaster und Calliderma/Chomataster-Gruppe. Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 44:249-284
Belongs to Metopaster according to M. G. Schulz and W. Weitschat 1975
See also Breton 1985 and Frerichs 1997
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 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: University of Hamburg, Holotype SGPIH 1761
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Belgium (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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