†Arthraster dixoni Forbes 1848 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Valvatida - Chaetasteridae
Full reference: E. Forbes. 1848. On the Asteriadae found fossil in British strata. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology in London 2(2):457-482
Belongs to Arthraster according to A.S. Gale 2020
See also Carpenter 1882, Dujardin and Hupé 1862, Forbes 1848, Forbes 1850, Lewis 1993, Spencer 1907 and Spencer 1919
Sister taxa: Arthraster cristatus, Arthraster spenceri
Type specimen: Museum of Natural History, London, holotype BNHM OR 47000
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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