Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Etymology. The specific epithet derives from the giant red star Antares, of the Scorpius (scorpion) constellation, visible mainly from the Southern Hemisphere.
Full reference: D. Fernández, D. Pérez, L. Luci and M. Carrizo. 2014. An Early Cretaceous astropectinid (Echinodermata, Asteroidea) from Patagonia (Argentina): A new species and the oldest record of the family for the Southern Hemisphere. Andean Geology 41(1):210-223
Belongs to Tethyaster according to D. Fernández et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Tethyaster albertensis, Tethyaster guerangeri, Tethyaster jurassicus
Type specimen: CPBA 16991, an other (Nearly complete body with incomplete arms). Its type locality is Pampa Tril, which is in a Valanginian shoreface sandstone in the Mulichinco Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Pampa Tril
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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