†Prothrissacanthias africanus Villier et al. 2007 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Full reference: L. Villier, G. Breton, and F. Atrops. 2007. Une nouvelle étoile de mer (Prothrissacanthias africanus gen. nov. sp. nov.) du Berriasien d’Algérie. Revue de Paléobiologie 26(2):413-424
Belongs to Prothrissacanthias according to L. Villier et al. 2007
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: FSL 10063. Its type locality is Ouled Mimoun, Bed 9, Tlemcen Mountains, NW Algeria, which is in a Berriasian deep subtidal shelf limestone/marl in the Argiles de Lamoriciere Formation of Algeria.
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Ouled Mimoun, Bed 9, Tlemcen Mountains, NW Algeria
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