†Teichaster anchylus Brünnich-Nielsen 1943 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Alternative combination: Crateraster anchylus
Full reference: K. Brünnich-Nielsen. 1943. The Asteroids of the Senonian and Danian deposits of Danmark. Biologiske skrifter fra det Danske Videnskabernes Selskab 2(5):1-68
Belongs to Teichaster according to K. Brünnich-Nielsen 1943
See also Jagt 2000, Rasmussen 1950 and Rasmussen 1979
Sister taxa: none
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Denmark (1 collection), the Netherlands (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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