Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Alternative combination: Astropecten scarburgensis
Full reference: T. Wright. 1863. Monograph on the British fossil Echinodermata of the Oolitic Formations. Volume 2 - The Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea. Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society 1861:1-130
Belongs to Archastropecten according to H. Hess 1955
See also Fox-Strangeways 1892, Phillips 1875, Woods 1891 and Wright 1863
Sister taxa: Archastropecten carroni, Archastropecten carthusiae, Archastropecten clavaeformis, Archastropecten desori, Archastropecten hooperi, Archastropecten leckenbyi, Archastropecten lorioli, Archastropecten mabillei, Archastropecten mandelslohi, Archastropecten obesus, Archastropecten orion, Archastropecten phillipsii, Archastropecten priscus, Archastropecten rupellensis, 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 scarburgensis in the database
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