The Echinoid Directory
Contributed by Andrew Smith, April 2008
Opissaster ? dewalquei Cotteau, 1881, p. 30
[=Hemiaster dewalquei Cotteau, 1881, p. 30, pl. 2, figs 7-9; =Hemiaster dewalquei Cotteua; Cotteau, 1897, p. 75, pl. 3, figs 7-9; =Hemiaster (Integraster) dewalquei Cotteau; Sanchez Roig,1949, p. 239.]
| Distribution | Eocene, Cuba |
|---|---|
| Type | Holotype: BMNH E4565. |
| Classification and/or Status | Spatanogoid, possibly Opissaster, but too badly worn to make out enough details to be certain. |
| Remarks | Cotteau, G. 1881 Description des echinides fossiles de l'Ile de Cuba. Annales de la Societe geologique de Belgique 9 (Memoire 4), 1-49, pls 1-4. |