Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Full reference: G. Breton. 1992. Les Goniasteridae (Asteroidea, Echinodermata) jurassiques et crétacés de France. Taphonomie, systématique, biostratigraphie, paléobiogéographie, évolution. Bulletin trimestriel de la Société géologique de Normandie et des Amis du Muséum du Havre, numéro hors série 78:1-590
Belongs to Crateraster according to G. Breton 1992
See also Breton 1995
Sister taxa: Crateraster dubusi, Crateraster favosus, Crateraster fourayae, Crateraster grignonensis, Crateraster lamberti, Crateraster multiplacus, Crateraster poritoides, Crateraster quinqueloba, Crateraster reticulatus, Crateraster rotundus, Crateraster texensis, Austinaster mccarteri
Type specimen: Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle of Le Havre, holotype MHNH 8290, paratypes MHNH 8291
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Le Billot, Notre-Dame-de-Fresnay (Cretaceous of France)
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