Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1840. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma Asterias (Linn.). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6:275-290
Parent taxon: Astropectinidae according to W. K. Spencer and C. W. Wright 1966
See also Sladen 1889
Sister taxa: Advenaster, Aldebarania, Astrocratis, Astropecten, Boxaster, Coulonia, Ctenophoraster, Dipsacaster, Eoastropecten, Eokainaster, Pentasteria, Persephonaster, Plutonaster, Prothrissacanthias, Riedaster, Tethyaster
Subtaxa: Lambertella Lophidiaster
Type: Astropecten
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1), the Netherlands (1)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (7), Canada (1: Alberta), France (7), Germany (1), the Netherlands (3), the United Kingdom (2)
• Jurassic of France (1), Germany (1)
Total: 26 collections including 28 occurrences