†Ophryaster maastrichtensis Umbgrove 1925 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Full reference: J.H.F. Umbgrove. 1925. Asteroidea uit het Maastrichtsche Tufkrijt. Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Nederlands geologisch Mijnbouwkundig Genootschap Geologische serie 7:207-212
Belongs to Ophryaster according to J. W. M. Jagt 2000
See also Jagt and Deckers 1998 and Umbgrove 1925
Sister taxa: Ophryaster argencienis, Ophryaster bretoni, Ophryaster dorsolevis, Ophryaster magnus, Ophryaster novaezelandiae, Ophryaster oligoplax, Ophryaster saucatsensis
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Echinoderms, Meerssen, Maastricht, Enci-Maastricht (Cretaceous to Paleocene of Netherlands)
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