Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae

Full reference: L. Villier, G. Breton, and F. Atrops. 2007. Une nouvelle étoile de mer (Prothrissacanthias africanus gen. nov. sp. nov.) du Berriasien d’Algérie. Revue de Paléobiologie 26(2):413-424

Parent taxon: Astropectinidae according to L. Villier et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Advenaster, Aldebarania, Astrocratis, Astropecten, Astropectininae, Boxaster, Coulonia, Ctenophoraster, Dipsacaster, Eoastropecten, Eokainaster, Pentasteria, Persephonaster, Plutonaster, Riedaster, Tethyaster

Subtaxa: Prothrissacanthias africanus

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Type: Prothrissacanthias africanus

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ouled Mimoun, Bed 9, Tlemcen Mountains, NW Algeria (Cretaceous of Algeria)

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