PBDB Taxon

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Mastaster villersensis

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy

Mastaster villersensis was named by Mercier (1935). It is not extant. Its type specimen is MusÃ©um d'Histoire Naturelle of Le Havre, Neotype MHNH 2247 A. It is the type species of Mastaster.

It was recombined as Phocidaster villersensis by Mercier (1936); it was recombined as Calliderma (Mastaster) villersensis by Wright and Wright (1940).

Year	Name and author
1935	Mastaster villersensis Mercier pp. 21-22 figs. pl. 3 fig. 1
1936	Phocidaster villersensis Mercier p. 98
1940	Calliderma (Mastaster) villersensis Wright and Wright pp. 241-243 figs. 11-12, pl. 14, pl. 15 fig. 1, 2, 4, 7
1966	Mastaster villersensis Spencer and Wright p. U62 fig. 55.2
1978	Mastaster villersensis Breton pp. 34-42 figs. pl. 6, fig. 29-30 19-23, pl. 5 fig. 22-2
1988	Mastaster villersensis Smith et al. pp. 203-204 figs. pl. 42 fig. 3-7, pl. 43 fig. 3
1992	Mastaster villersensis Breton pp. 370-385 figs. 151-161, pl. 46-47

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	France	Mastaster villersensis (59613 59619)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	France (Normandy)	Mastaster villersensis (59658)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	United Kingdom	Mastaster villersensis (59682 59707 59708 59709)