Asteroidea - Valvatida - Pycinasteridae
Full reference: A. H. Müller. 1953. Die isolierte Squelettelemente der Asteroidae (Asterozoa) aus der obersenonen Schreibkreide von Rügen. Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für Geschiebeforschung 8:1-66
Belongs to Pycinaster according to M. Reich and P. Frenzel 2002
See also Müller 1953, Müller 1961 and Rasmussen 1979
Sister taxa: Pycinaster angustatus, Pycinaster corbaricus, Pycinaster cornutus, Pycinaster crassus, Pycinaster danicus, Pycinaster humilis, Pycinaster magnificus, Pycinaster mortenseni, Pycinaster rosenkrantzii
Type specimen: Institut für Geowissenschaften, Jena
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Rügen Island, White Chalk (Cretaceous of Germany)
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