Plesiastropecten Peyer 1944

Asteroidea - Spinulosida

Alternative spelling: Plesioastropecten

Full reference: B. Peyer. 1944. Beiträge zur Kenntnis von Rhät und Lias [Contributions to knowledge of the Rhaetian and Lias]. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 36(7):303-326

Parent taxon: Velatida according to L. Villier et al. 2009

See also Blake 1984, Gale and Jagt 2021, Sepkoski 2002 and Spencer and Wright 1966

Sister taxa: Caymanostellidae, Decacuminaster, Korethrasteridae, Myxasteridae, Pterasteridae, Solasteridae, Tropidasteridae, Xandarosaster

Subtaxa: Plesiastropecten hallovensis

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Type: Plesiastropecten hallovensis

Distribution:

• Jurassic of France (1 collection), Switzerland (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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