Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Full reference: H. Hess. 1955. Die fossilien Astropectiniden (Asteroidea). Neue Beobachtungen und Übersicht über die bekannten Arten. Schweizerischen Paläontologischen Abhandlungen, Birkhaüser Verlag, Bassel 71:1-113
Belongs to Archastropecten according to H. Hess 1955
Sister taxa: Archastropecten carroni, Archastropecten carthusiae, Archastropecten clavaeformis, Archastropecten desori, Archastropecten hooperi, Archastropecten leckenbyi, Archastropecten lorioli, Archastropecten mabillei, Archastropecten mandelslohi, 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
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Archastropecten obesus in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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