Asteroidea - Valvatida - Pycinasteridae
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 Pycinaster according to G. Breton and D. Néraudeau 2008
See also Breton 1997, Breton and Decombe 1997, Lewis 1993, Néraudeau and Breton 1993 and Spencer 1913
Sister taxa: Pycinaster angustatus, Pycinaster corbaricus, Pycinaster cornutus, Pycinaster crassus, Pycinaster danicus, Pycinaster magnificus, Pycinaster mortenseni, Pycinaster rasmusseni, Pycinaster rosenkrantzii
Type specimen: Natural History Museum, London, paratypes BNHM E 20963-4
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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