Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Full reference: G. Breton, M. Bilotte, and G. Sigro. 1995. Dipsacaster jadeti sp. nov. Astropectinidae (Asteroidea, Echinodermata) du Maastrichtien des Petites Pyrénées (France). Bulletin Trimestriel de la Société géologique de Normandie et des Amis du Muséum du Havre 82(4):35-42
Belongs to Dipsacaster according to G. Breton et al. 1995
Sister taxon: Dipsacaster africanus
Type specimen: Holotype D.S. 01, Laboratoire de Géologie Sédimentaire et Paléontologie, University of Toulouse. Its type locality is Le Jadet quarry, Petites Pyrénées, Haute-Garonne, which is in a Maastrichtian open shallow subtidal grainstone/mudstone in the Calcaire Nankin Formation of France.
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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