Comptonia elegans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Granulosina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Asterozoa Classis: Asteroidea Ordo: Valvatida Subordo: Granulosina

Familia: Goniasteridae
Genus: †Comptonia
Species: †Comptonia elegans

Name

†Comptonia elegans Gray, 1840

Synonyms:

• Goniaster (Stellaster) elegans
• Stellaster elegans

Distribution

Europe

• France

Temporal range: Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous)

type specimen: Neotype BNHM E 2567, The Natural History Museum, London.

References

• Gray, J.E. 1840. XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus) (Continued from p. 184.) Annals and magazine of natural history 6(37): 275–290. DOI: 10.1080/03745484009443296 BHL Reference page. 
• d'Orbigny A., 1852. Prodrome de paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques et rayonnés, faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques. Vol. 3: 1–196, 1–189. Victor Masson, Paris (BHL,bnf).Reference page. , page 46.

Links

• Comptonia elegans – Taxon details on Fossilworks.
• Comptonia elegans – Taxon details on Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).