Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Alternative combination: Astropecten carthusiae
Full reference: L. Hérenger. 1944. Sur la présence d'Astéries (Astropecten carthusiae nov. sp.) dans le Valanginien de la Chartreuse (Isère). Travaux du Laboratoire de Géologie de la Faculté des Sciences de Grenoble 24:33-47
Belongs to Archastropecten according to H. Hess 1955
See also Hérenger 1944
Sister taxa: Archastropecten carroni, Archastropecten clavaeformis, Archastropecten desori, Archastropecten hooperi, Archastropecten leckenbyi, Archastropecten lorioli, Archastropecten mabillei, Archastropecten mandelslohi, Archastropecten obesus, Archastropecten orion, Archastropecten phillipsii, Archastropecten priscus, Archastropecten rupellensis, Archastropecten scarburgensis, Archastropecten suprajurensis, Archastropecten wilckensis, Archastropecten wittsii, Archastropecten wolterdorfi, Pentasteria (Archastropecten) cotteswoldiae, Pentasteria (Archastropecten) huxleyi, Pentasteria (Archastropecten) infirma, Pentasteria (Archastropecten) lithographica, Pentasteria (Archastropecten) longispina, Pentasteria (Archastropecten) procera
Type specimen: Laboratoire UJF-ID.11151, Laboratoire de Géologie, University of Grenoble
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Asteroidea, Calcaire du Fontanil, Chartreuse, Isère (Cretaceous of France)
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