†Marocaster coronatus Blake and Reboul 2011 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Full reference: D. B. Blake and R. Reboul. 2011. A new asteroid (Echinodermata) faunule from the Early Cretaceous (Barremian) of Morocco. Journal of Paleontology 85(6):1021-1034
Belongs to Marocaster according to D. B. Blake and R. Reboul 2011
See also Ewin and Gale 2020
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: holotype MHNT.PAL.2010.2.2, paratypes 2010.2.4A, 2010.2.5, 2010.2.1H
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Taba, Tawrirt Oukanakay Region (Cretaceous of Morocco)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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