Nymphaster rectus Schulz and Weitschat 1975

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Alternative combination: Chomataster rectus

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 1985, Helm 1997, 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 ornatus, Nymphaster peakei, Nymphaster spenceri, Nymphaster studlandensis, Nymphaster wrighti

Type specimen: SGPIH 1356

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Nymphaster rectus in the database

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