Comptonia (sea star)
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Phylum: | Echinodermata
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Class: | Asteroidea
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Genus: | †Comptonia Gray, 1840[1]
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Comptonia is an extinct genus of prehistoric sea stars in the family Goniasteridae. Species are from the Cretaceous of Canada (Alberta) and France. The type species, C. elegans (syn. Goniaster (Stellaster) elegans, Stellaster elegans) was recovered from France.
References[]
- ^ J. E. Gray. 1840. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma Asterias (Linn.). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6, pages 275-290
External links[]
- "Comptonia" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- Comptonia at fossilworks.org
Categories:
- Prehistoric starfish genera
- Goniasteridae
- Fossils of Canada
- Fossils of France
- Prehistoric Asteroidea stubs
- Cretaceous animal stubs