Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Full reference: H. Hess. 1955. Die fossilien Astropectiniden (Asteroidea). Neue Beobachtungen und Übersicht über die bekannten Arten. Schweizerischen Paläontologischen Abhandlungen, Birkhaüser Verlag, Bassel 71:1-113
Parent taxon: Astropectinidae according to H Hess 1972
See also Hess 1955, Sepkoski 2002, Spencer and Wright 1966 and Villier 2008
Sister taxa: Aldebarania, Astrocratis, Astropecten, Astropectininae, Boxaster, Coulonia, Ctenophoraster, Dipsacaster, Eoastropecten, Eokainaster, Pentasteria, Persephonaster, Plutonaster, Prothrissacanthias, Riedaster, Tethyaster
Subtaxa: Advenaster inermis
Type: Advenaster inermis
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of India (1 collection), Poland (1), Switzerland (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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