Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Alternative combination: Chomataster wrighti
Full reference: H. W. Rasmussen. 1950. Cretaceous Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea with a special reference to the species found in Denmark. Denmarks Geologiske Undersogelse 2:1-134
Belongs to Nymphaster according to J.W.M. Jagt et al. 2021
See also Gale 1987, Rasmussen 1950, Rasmussen 1979, Reich and Frenzel 2002 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 rectus, Nymphaster spenceri, Nymphaster studlandensis
Type specimen: Mineralogical Museum, Copenhagen, holotype MMH 7538
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Rügen Island, White Chalk (Cretaceous of Germany)
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