Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Alternative combination: Astropecten pygmaeus
Full reference: W. K. Spencer. 1913. The evolution of Cretaceous Asteroidea. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, serie B 204:99-177
Belongs to Lophidiaster according to J. W. M. Jagt 2000
See also Hess 1955, Jagt 1999, Lehner 1937, Lewis 1993, Müller 1953, Müller 1956, Müller 1961, Rasmussen 1950, Rasmussen 1979, Reich and Frenzel 2002, Spencer 1913, Umbgrove 1925, Valette 1915 and Wright and Wright 1940
Sister taxa: Lophidiaster concavus, Lophidiaster haunsbergensis, Lophidiaster hawkinsi, Lophidiaster inversus, Lophidiaster ornatus, Lophidiaster postornatus, Lophidiaster punctatus, Lophidiaster silentiensis
Type specimen: Syntypes BNHM E 13263-4
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Denmark (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (7), Germany (1), the Netherlands (3)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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