Marocaster coronatus Blake and Reboul 2011 (sea star)

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)

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