Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Alternative combination: Astropecten clavaeformis
Full reference: T. W. Wright. 1861. Monograph on the British fossil Echinodermata of the Oolitic Formations. Volume 1: the Echinoidea. Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society 391-468
Belongs to Archastropecten according to H. Hess 1955
See also Fox-Strangeways 1892, Mercier 1935, Phillips 1875, Quenstedt 1867, Quenstedt 1885, Wright 1861 and Wright 1863
Sister taxa: Archastropecten carroni, Archastropecten carthusiae, Archastropecten desori, Archastropecten hooperi, Archastropecten leckenbyi, Archastropecten lorioli, Archastropecten mabillei, Archastropecten mandelslohi, Archastropecten obesus, Archastropecten orion, Archastropecten phillipsii, Archastropecten priscus, Archastropecten rupellensis, Archastropecten scarburgensis, Archastropecten suprajurensis, Archastropecten wilckensis, Archastropecten wittsii, Archastropecten wolterdorfi, Pentasteria (Archastropecten) cotteswoldiae, Pentasteria (Archastropecten) huxleyi, Pentasteria (Archastropecten) infirma, Pentasteria (Archastropecten) lithographica, Pentasteria (Archastropecten) longispina, Pentasteria (Archastropecten) procera
Type specimen: at the Museum of the Geological Survey
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Asteroidea, Couches à Proplanulites koenigi, Argences, Calvados (Jurassic of France)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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