Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Alternative combination: Chomataster alseni
Full reference: M. G. Schulz and W. Weitschat. 1971. Asteroideen aus der Schreibkreide von Lägendorf (Holstein) und Hemmor (Nord-Niedersachsen). Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 40:107-130
Belongs to Nymphaster according to G. Breton 1992
See also Gale 1987, Gale 1989, Jagt 1999, Jagt 2000, Jagt et al. 2021, Pockrandt 1980, Schulz and Weitschat 1971 and Schulz and Weitschat 1975
Sister taxa: Nymphaster albensis, Nymphaster arduennensis, Nymphaster coombii, Nymphaster dutempleanus, Nymphaster fontis, Nymphaster humilis, Nymphaster magistrorum, Nymphaster marginatus, Nymphaster miocenicus, Nymphaster mudzborgh, Nymphaster obtusus, Nymphaster ornatus, Nymphaster peakei, Nymphaster rectus, Nymphaster spenceri, Nymphaster studlandensis, Nymphaster wrighti
Type specimen: University of Hamburg, collection of W. Weitschat.
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Belgium (1 collection), France (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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