Asteroidea - Valvatida - Pycinasteridae
Synonym: Pentetagonaster dutemplei d'Orbigny 1850
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 J. W. M. Jagt 2000
See also Breton 1985, Breton 1988, Breton 1992, Breton 1997, d'Orbigny 1850, Neumann 2000, Schulz and Weitschat 1971, Spencer 1913, Valette 1915 and Wright and Smith 1987
Sister taxa: Pycinaster angustatus, Pycinaster corbaricus, Pycinaster cornutus, Pycinaster crassus, Pycinaster danicus, Pycinaster humilis, Pycinaster mortenseni, Pycinaster rasmusseni, Pycinaster rosenkrantzii
Type specimens:
- Pycinaster magnificus: Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge, holotype B.34647
- Pentetagonaster dutemplei:
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Belgium (1 collection), France (4)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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