Comptonia (echinoderm)

Comptonia; Temporal range: Albian-Cenomanian;
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Asteroidea
Order:	Valvatida
Family:	Goniasteridae
Genus:	†Comptonia; Gray, 1840
Species
	†Comptonia bretoni Gale, 2020; †Comptonia bruni Breton, 1992; †Comptonia elegans Gray, 1840 (type); †Comptonia soullansensis Breton, 1992; †Comptonia stelcki McLearn, 1944; †Comptonia thierryi Breton, 1992; †Comptonia wightensis Breton, 1992;

Comptonia is an extinct genus of prehistoric sea stars in the family Goniasteridae. Species are from the Cretaceous of Canada (Alberta), France and the United Kingdom.^[2] 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
↑ Gale, Andy (August 2020). "Asteroids (Echinodermata) from the Crackers Member (lower Aptian, Deshayesites forbesi Zone) on the Isle of Wight (UK), with a revision of fossil Pseudarchasteridae". Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. 131 (3–4): 309–315. Bibcode:2020PrGA..131..309G. doi:10.1016/j.pgeola.2019.07.002.

External links

"Comptonia". The Encyclopedia of Life.
"Comptonia". Paleobiology Database.

[1] 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

[2] Gale, Andy (August 2020). "Asteroids (Echinodermata) from the Crackers Member (lower Aptian, Deshayesites forbesi Zone) on the Isle of Wight (UK), with a revision of fossil Pseudarchasteridae". Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. 131 (3–4): 309–315. Bibcode:2020PrGA..131..309G. doi:10.1016/j.pgeola.2019.07.002.

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