Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Alternative combination: Spenceria teilhardi

Full reference: P. de Loriol. 1909. Note sur quelques stellérides du Santonien d'Abou-Roach. Bulletin de l'Institut Egyptien 5(2):169-184

Belongs to Metopaster according to L. Villier 2010

See also Brünnich-Nielsen 1943, de Loriol 1909, Fourtau 1914, Fourtau 1921, Spencer 1913 and Spencer and Wright 1966

Sister taxa: Metopaster alexiae, Metopaster andreae, Metopaster angulatus, Metopaster bezanconi, Metopaster bignoti, Metopaster bromleyi, Metopaster calcar, Metopaster carinatus, Metopaster chilipora, Metopaster continuus, Metopaster dividuus, Metopaster downendensis, Metopaster duvergieri, Metopaster elegans, Metopaster elevatus, Metopaster elongatus, Metopaster hunteri, Metopaster hypertelicus, Metopaster icenicus, Metopaster kagstrupensis, Metopaster laevis, Metopaster lisanae, Metopaster loirensis, Metopaster maculatus, Metopaster medius, Metopaster meudonensis, Metopaster miloni, Metopaster montainvillensis, Metopaster parkinsoni, Metopaster polyplacus, Metopaster poulsenii, Metopaster praetumidus, Metopaster rugissimus, Metopaster schulzi, Metopaster spencerii, Metopaster stratifera, Metopaster tamarae, Metopaster tenneseensis, Metopaster tercensis, Metopaster thoracifer, Metopaster trichilae, Metopaster tumidus, Metopaster uncatus, Ravniaster granulatus

Type specimen: Geological Museum, Cairo, n°786

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Abou Roach (Cretaceous of Egypt)

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