Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Alternative combination: Chomataster ornatus
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 Nymphaster according to G. Breton 1992
See also Breton 1988, Jagt et al. 2021 and Schulz and Weitschat 1975
Sister taxa: Nymphaster albensis, Nymphaster alseni, Nymphaster arduennensis, Nymphaster coombii, Nymphaster dutempleanus, Nymphaster fontis, Nymphaster humilis, Nymphaster magistrorum, Nymphaster marginatus, Nymphaster miocenicus, Nymphaster mudzborgh, Nymphaster obtusus, Nymphaster peakei, Nymphaster rectus, Nymphaster spenceri, Nymphaster studlandensis, Nymphaster wrighti
Subtaxa: Nymphaster ornatus cottardi
Type specimen: Holotype SGPIH 1766
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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