†Astrocratis acutispina Blake and Sprinkle 1996 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Full reference: D. B. Blake and J. Sprinkle. 1996. Astrocratis acutispina, new genus and species, a new asteroid from the Late Cretaceous of Texas. Eclogae geologicae Helvetiae 89(3):1311-1320
Belongs to Astrocratis according to D. B. Blake and J. Sprinkle 1996
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Texas Memorial Museum, Holotype 1238TX26, Paratype 1238TX37. Its type locality is Asteroidea, Pflugerville Fm, Little Walnut Creek, which is in a Campanian marine marl in the Pflugerville Formation of Texas.
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Asteroidea, Pflugerville Fm, Little Walnut Creek
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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