Nymphaster wrighti Rasmussen 1950 (sea star)

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 RĂ¼gen Island, White Chalk (Cretaceous of Germany)

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