Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Full reference: C. Neumann and H. Hess. 2001. Coulonia parva n. sp., a new species of Astropectinidae (Asteroidea; Echinodermata) from the Santonian (Upper Cretaceous) of Sierra de Montsech (Southern Pyrenees, Spain). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 75(1):7-11
Belongs to Coulonia according to C. Neumann and H. Hess 2001
Sister taxa: Coulonia caseyi, Coulonia colei, Coulonia neocomiensis, Coulonia platispina, Coulonia platyspina, Cuneaster mirabilis, Cuneaster armatus, Betelgeusia reidi, Betelgeusia exposita, Betelgeusia brezinai
Type specimen: Holotype MBE2917 at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. Its type locality is Asteroidea, Santonian, Sierra de Montsech, Pyrenees, which is in a Santonian transition zone/lower shoreface marl/grainstone in Spain.
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Asteroidea, Santonian, Sierra de Montsech, Pyrenees
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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