Crateraster debrisi Breton 1992 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Full reference: G. Breton. 1992. Les Goniasteridae (Asteroidea, Echinodermata) jurassiques et crétacés de France. Taphonomie, systématique, biostratigraphie, paléobiogéographie, évolution. Bulletin trimestriel de la Société géologique de Normandie et des Amis du Muséum du Havre, numéro hors série 78:1-590

Belongs to Crateraster according to G. Breton 1992

See also Breton 1995

Sister taxa: Crateraster dubusi, Crateraster favosus, Crateraster fourayae, Crateraster grignonensis, Crateraster lamberti, Crateraster multiplacus, Crateraster poritoides, Crateraster quinqueloba, Crateraster reticulatus, Crateraster rotundus, Crateraster texensis, Austinaster mccarteri

Type specimen: Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle of Le Havre, holotype MHNH 8290, paratypes MHNH 8291

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Asteroidea, Lower Cenomanian, Le Billot, Notre-Dame-de-Fresnay, Calvados (Cretaceous of France)

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