Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Full reference: E. Nosowska. 1997. Asteroids from Nawodzice sands (Middle Miocene; Holy Cross Mountains, Central Poland). Acta Geologica Polonica 47(3-4):225-541
Belongs to Astropecten according to E. Nosowska 1997
Sister taxa: Astropecten adriaticus, Astropecten aranciaca, Astropecten armatus, Astropecten bathonicus, Astropecten betzensteinensis, Astropecten bispinosus, Astropecten bononiensis, Astropecten castellanensis, Astropecten casterasi, Astropecten corroyi, Astropecten crenulatus, Astropecten delaunayi, Astropecten forbesi, Astropecten foveolatus, Astropecten granulatus, Astropecten helveticus, Astropecten irregularis, Astropecten linati, Astropecten matilijaensis, Astropecten montalionis, Astropecten montanus, Astropecten moutieri, Astropecten ornatus, Astropecten petrobonae, Astropecten pichleri, Astropecten piveteaui, Astropecten porosus, Astropecten scupini, Astropecten soldanii, Astropecten taurolaevis, Astropecten verrucosus
Type specimen: Collection of E. Nosowska, Department of Paleontology, University of Warsaw. Its type locality is Nawodzice sand pit, which is in a Badenian shallow subtidal sandstone in the Nawodzice sands Formation of Poland.
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Nawodzice sand pit
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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