Archastropecten carthusiae Hérenger 1944 (sea star)

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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