Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Alternative combinations: Asterias jurensis, Astrogonium jurense
Full reference: G. A. Goldfuss. 1833. Divisio secunda. Radiariorum reliquiae. Petrefacta Germaniae et ea, quae in Museuo Universitatis Regiae, Borussicae Frederischiae Wilhelmiae Rhenanae servantur et alia quacungue in Museis Hueninghausiano, Muensteriano aliisque exstant, iconibus et descriptionnibus illustrata 1(2):115-252
Belongs to Tylasteria according to G. Breton 1992
See also Fraas 1910, Fritel 1902, Gale 2011, Goldfuss 1833, Hess 1955, Quenstedt 1858, Quenstedt 1867, Quenstedt 1876, Spencer 1907 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxa: Tylasteria aalensis, Tylasteria luciensis, Tylasteria prisca
Type specimen: not located
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (1 collection), Germany (1), Switzerland (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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