†Phocidaster Spencer 1913 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Valvatida - Pycinasteridae
Full reference: W. K. Spencer. 1913. The evolution of Cretaceous Asteroidea. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, serie B 204:99-177
Parent taxon: Pycinasterinae according to W. K. Spencer and C. W. Wright 1966
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Spencer 1913
Sister taxon: Pycinaster
Subtaxa: Phocidaster grandis
Type: Phocidaster grandis
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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