Protactis wenlockensis Spencer 1922

Asteroidea - Hemizonida - Taeniactinidae

Alternative combination: Baliactis wenlockensis

Full reference: W. K. Spencer. 1922. A monograph of the British Palaeozoic Asterozoa. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society, London 1920(5):197-236

Belongs to Protactis according to W. K. Spencer 1927

See also Lewis et al. 2007, Owen 1965 and Spencer 1922

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Lectotype RSM 1897.32.498

Distribution: found only at Gutterford Burn Starfish Bed, North Esk Inlier, Pentland Hills (Silurian of the United Kingdom)

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