Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Full reference: H. Andert. 1934. Die Kreideablagerungen zwischen Elbe und Jeschken. Teil 3 – Die Fauna der Obersten Kreide in Sachsen, Böhmen und Schlesien. Abhandlungen der Preussischen geologischen Landesanstalt 159:1-477
Belongs to Astropecten according to H. Andert 1934
See also Hess 1955 and Soukup 1938
Sister taxa: Astropecten adriaticus, Astropecten aranciaca, Astropecten armatus, Astropecten bathonicus, Astropecten betzensteinensis, Astropecten bispinosus, Astropecten bononiensis, Astropecten castellanensis, Astropecten casterasi, Astropecten corroyi, Astropecten crenulatus, Astropecten delaunayi, Astropecten forbesi, Astropecten foveolatus, Astropecten granulatus, Astropecten helveticus, Astropecten irregularis, Astropecten linati, Astropecten matilijaensis, Astropecten montalionis, Astropecten montanus, Astropecten moutieri, Astropecten navodicensis, Astropecten ornatus, Astropecten petrobonae, Astropecten pichleri, Astropecten piveteaui, Astropecten porosus, Astropecten soldanii, Astropecten taurolaevis, Astropecten verrucosus
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Quadersandstein, upper Turonian, Jicin, Czechia (Cretaceous of Czech Republic)
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