Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Synonym: Austinaster Adkins 1928
Full reference: W. K. Spencer. 1913. The evolution of Cretaceous Asteroidea. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, serie B 204:99-177
Parent taxon: Goniasteridae according to W. K. Spencer and C. W. Wright 1966
See also Adkins 1928, Blake and Reid 1998, Sepkoski 2002 and Spencer 1913
Sister taxa: Bugarachaster, Buterminaster, Caletaster, Calliaster, Calliderma, Capellia, Cenomanaster, Ceramaster, Chomataster, Cladaster, Codellaster, Comptonia, Comptoniaster, Cottreauaster, Cymbaster, Fayoumaster, Fomalhautia, Forbesiaster, Fredaster, Galbaster, Goniasterinae, Haccourtaster, Hessaster, Hippasteria, Hippasteriinae, Huroeaster, Leptogonium, Marocaster, Mastaster, Mediaster, Metopaster, Miopentagonaster, Nehalemia, Noviaster, Nymphaster, Ocalaster, Ogmaster, Ophryaster, Oyenaster, Pachyaster, Paragonaster, Parametopaster, Peedeeaster, Peltaster, Pentetagonaster, Pulcinellaster, Spenceraster, Talecaster, Teichaster, Tesselaster, Tomidaster, Tosia, Tylasteria, Weitschataster
Subtaxa: Austinaster mccarteri Crateraster debrisi Crateraster dubusi Crateraster favosus Crateraster fourayae Crateraster grignonensis Crateraster lamberti Crateraster multiplacus Crateraster poritoides Crateraster quinqueloba Crateraster reticulatus Crateraster rotundus Crateraster texensis
Type: Asterias quinqueloba
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of France (4 collections)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (4), Brazil (1), the Czech Republic (1), France (30), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (6: Texas)
Total: 50 collections including 51 occurrences
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