Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Alternative combination: Astropecten montanatus
Full reference: E. Douglass. 1903. Astropecten ? montanus a new star-fish from the Fort Benton; and some geological notes. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 2(1):5-8
Belongs to Astropecten according to H. Hess 1955
See also Clark and Twitchell 1915, Douglass 1903 and Durham and Roberts 1948
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 moutieri, Astropecten navodicensis, Astropecten ornatus, Astropecten petrobonae, Astropecten pichleri, Astropecten piveteaui, Astropecten porosus, Astropecten scupini, Astropecten soldanii, Astropecten taurolaevis, Astropecten verrucosus
Type specimen: Carnegie Museum, Pittsburg, n° 601
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Sixteenmile Creek, south fork (Cretaceous of Montana)
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