Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Alternative spelling: Albebarania
Full reference: D. B. Blake and K. Sturgeon. 1995. Aldebarania arenitea, a new genus and species of Astropectinidae (Asteroidea; Echinodermata) from the Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) Peedee formation of North Carolina. Journal of Paleontology 69(2):376-380
Parent taxon: Astropectinidae according to D. B. Blake and K. Sturgeon 1995
See also Blake and Jagt 2005 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Advenaster, Astrocratis, Astropecten, Astropectininae, Boxaster, Coulonia, Ctenophoraster, Dipsacaster, Eoastropecten, Eokainaster, Pentasteria, Persephonaster, Plutonaster, Prothrissacanthias, Riedaster, Tethyaster
Subtaxa: Aldebarania arenitea Aldebarania taberna
Type: Aldebarania arenitea
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Belgium (2 collections), the Netherlands (3), United States (1: North Carolina)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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