†Mastaster villersensis Mercier 1935
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Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Alternative combinations: Calliderma (Mastaster) villersensis, Phocidaster villersensis
Full reference: J. Mercier. 1935. Les stelléridés mésozoïques du bassin de Paris. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie 1(2):6-64
Belongs to Mastaster according to G. Breton 1992
See also Breton 1978, Mercier 1935, Mercier 1936, Smith et al. 1988, Spencer and Wright 1966 and Wright and Wright 1940
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle of Le Havre, Neotype MHNH 2247 A
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (3 collections), the United Kingdom (4)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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