Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Full reference: W. K. Spencer. 1913. The evolution of Cretaceous Asteroidea. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, serie B 204:99-177
Belongs to Chomataster according to J.W.M. Jagt et al. 2021
See also Breton 1992, Brünnich-Nielsen 1943, Gale 1987, Gale 1989, Jagt 2000, Jagt et al. 1994, Lewis 1993, Müller 1953, Rasmussen 1945, Rasmussen 1950, Rasmussen 1979, Reich and Frenzel 2002, Schulz and Weitschat 1971, Schulz and Weitschat 1975 and Spencer 1913
Sister taxa: Chomataster breizh, Chomataster tethysiensis
Type specimen: Natural History Musem, London, holotype BNHM E 13255, paratypes BNHM E13256-59,
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Denmark (1 collection)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Poland (1)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (10), Germany (1), the Netherlands (5)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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